This spring, alumni can vote for five new Harvard Overseers and six new elected directors of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA).

Ballots, mailed out by April 1, must be received back in Cambridge by noon on May 22 to be counted. Election results will be announced at HAA’s annual meeting on May 28, on the afternoon of Commencement day. All holders of Harvard degrees, except Corporation members and officers of instruction and government, are entitled to vote for Overseer candidates. The election for HAA directors is open to all Harvard degree-holders.

Candidates for Overseer may also be nominated by petition by obtaining a prescribed number of signatures from eligible degree-holders. (The deadline for all petitions is February 2.)

For Overseer (six-year term):

R. Martin Chavez’85, S.M. ’85, New York City. CIO and partner, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

Fernande R. V. Duffly, J.D. ’78, Boston. Associate Justice, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.

Sandra Edgerley’84, M.B.A. ’89, Brookline, Massachusetts. Nonprofit strategist and community volunteer.

Brian Greene’84, New York City. Professor of physics and mathematics, Columbia University.

Beth Y. Karlan’78, M.D. ’82, Los Angeles. Director, Women’s Cancer Program, Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute; director, division of gynecologic oncology, department of obstetrics and gynecology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; and professor of obstetrics and gynecology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

Carl F. Muller’73, J.D.-M.B.A. ’76, Greenville, South Carolina. Attorney.

David B. Weinberg’74, Chicago. Chairman and CEO, Judd Enterprises, Inc.

John Silvanus Wilson Jr., M.T.S. ’81, Ed.D. ’82, Ed.D. ’85. Atlanta. President, Morehouse College.

For elected director (three-year term):

Krzysztof Daniewski, M.B.A. ’99, Warsaw. President, Ivy Poland Foundation.

Paige Ennis, M.P.A. ’10, Washington, D.C. Vice president, office of external relations, Atlantic Council.

Ellen M. Guidera, M.B.A. ’86, Santiago, Chile. Investor and director, Portillo Ski Resort and Tierra Hotels.

Andrew Herwitz’83, J.D. ’90, New York City. President, The Film Sales Company.

Sharon E. Jones’77, J.D. ’82, Chicago. President and CEO, OH Community Partners.

William R. Koehler’87, Shaker Heights, Ohio. Senior financial services executive.

Tracy “Ty” Moore II’06, Oakland, California. Co-founder, MindBlown Labs.

Anders Yang, J.D. ’94, Irvine, California. Assistant dean, office of external relations, The Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine.

Ariel Zwang’85, M.B.A. ’90, New York City. CEO, Safe Horizon.

This spring, alumni can vote for five new Harvard Overseers and six new elected directors of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA).

Ballots, mailed out by April 1, must be received back in Cambridge by noon on May 22 to be counted. Election results will be announced at HAA’s annual meeting on May 28, on the afternoon of Commencement day. All holders of Harvard degrees, except Corporation members and officers of instruction and government, are entitled to vote for Overseer candidates. The election for HAA directors is open to all Harvard degree-holders.

Candidates for Overseer may also be nominated by petition by obtaining a prescribed number of signatures from eligible degree-holders. (The deadline for all petitions was February 2.)

For Overseer (six-year term):

R. Martin Chavez’85, S.M. ’85, New York City. CIO and partner, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

Fernande R. V. Duffly, J.D. ’78, Boston. Associate Justice, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.

Sandra Edgerley’84, M.B.A. ’89, Brookline, Massachusetts. Nonprofit strategist and community volunteer.

Brian Greene’84, New York City. Professor of physics and mathematics, Columbia University.

Beth Y. Karlan’78, M.D. ’82, Los Angeles. Director, Women’s Cancer Program, Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute; director, division of gynecologic oncology, department of obstetrics and gynecology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; and professor of obstetrics and gynecology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

Carl F. Muller’73, J.D.-M.B.A. ’76, Greenville, South Carolina. Attorney.

David B. Weinberg’74, Chicago. Chairman and CEO, Judd Enterprises, Inc.

John Silvanus Wilson Jr., M.T.S. ’81, Ed.D. ’82, Ed.D. ’85. Atlanta. President, Morehouse College.

For elected director (three-year term):

Krzysztof Daniewski, M.B.A. ’99, Warsaw. President, Ivy Poland Foundation.

Paige Ennis, M.P.A. ’10, Washington, D.C. Vice president, office of external relations, Atlantic Council.

Ellen M. Guidera, M.B.A. ’86, Santiago, Chile. Investor and director, Portillo Ski Resort and Tierra Hotels.

Andrew Herwitz’83, J.D. ’90, New York City. President, The Film Sales Company.

Sharon E. Jones’77, J.D. ’82, Chicago. President and CEO, OH Community Partners.

William R. Koehler’87, Shaker Heights, Ohio. Senior financial services executive.

Tracy “Ty” Moore II’06, Oakland, California. Co-founder, MindBlown Labs.

Anders Yang, J.D. ’94, Irvine, California. Assistant dean, office of external relations, The Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine.

Ariel Zwang’85, M.B.A. ’90, New York City. CEO, Safe Horizon.

The HAA Clubs and SIGs Committee Awards honor both individuals who provide exemplary service to those groups, and groups that have themselves organized exceptional programming. This year’s awards were presented to the following recipients at the HAA board of directors’ winter meeting on February 5.

Peter Mazareas’73, of Nahant, Massachusetts. Starting in 2009, Mazareas became president of the Harvard Club of the North Shore and established a leadership team that developed a plan that has revitalized it. Activities that explore New England’s attractions and local landmarks, along with events featuring congressional leaders, have consistently drawn new members. Mazareas also created “Making the Curriculum Real,” a program that links alumni with children in local schools. As an HAA director for northern New England, Mazareas has also convened regional club events to foster a stronger alumni community.

Giulia Stellari’03, of Port Jefferson, New York, and Nicole Buckley’08, of Omaha. The alumnae founded the Harvard Alumni for Agriculture SIG in 2011; it has since grown to more than 300 members across 39 states and a dozen countries. Through a dedicated group of board members, the club has focused on investment, mentorship channels, networking, communications, fundraising, and philanthropy. Their efforts have led to a robust website; a webinar series featuring U.S. secretaries of agriculture and executives in the bioenergy and bioengineering fields; and involvement in the AgInvest Conference in New York. Students, faculty, alumni, and corporate mentors can now network and collaborate on agriculture-related projects, bolstering their own professional bonds along with their connection to the University.

Since its inception in 1977, the Harvard University Club of Houston has grown to include than 4,500 alumni, 450 of whom are recent graduates. Events cater to the diverse interests and fields represented and have recently included Global Networking Nights, an event with Jeremy Lin ’10 (now of the Los Angeles Lakers), tours of the Houston Federal Reserve Building, and “Back to School” picnics for members and new students, and their families. The club hosts Young Alumni Happy Hours and partnered with the Houston Yale Club for a celebratory event around The Game. Last October, the club also drew crowds for “Your Harvard: Texas,” a gala featuring alumni musicians and faculty panels on the arts, healthcare, energy policy, and the future of cities.

In the last three years, the Harvard Club of Hungary has become a vibrant organization offering unique events such as a reception at the U.S. Embassy in Budapest featuring Mallinckrodt professor of physics emeritus and Nobel laureate Roy J. Glauber. The club also focuses on strengthening relationships with alumni in neighboring European countries. Members helped organize the first Central European Harvard Club meeting in Belgrade, Serbia, and plan a Central European Harvard Ball. Moreover, it has joined with other Central European alumni in annual interactive video conferences with Harvard faculty members. A new initiative, “Back to Your School,” enables Hungarian club members to return to their secondary schools to discuss their experiences and the importance of higher education.

This spring, alumni can vote for five new Harvard Overseers and six new elected directors of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA).

Ballots, mailed out by April 1, must be received back in Cambridge by noon on May 22 to be counted. Election results will be announced at HAA’s annual meeting on May 28, on the afternoon of Commencement day. All holders of Harvard degrees, except Corporation members and officers of instruction and government, are entitled to vote for Overseer candidates. The election for HAA directors is open to all Harvard degree-holders.

Candidates for Overseer may also be nominated by petition by obtaining a prescribed number of signatures from eligible degree-holders. (The deadline for all petitions was February 2.)

For Overseer (six-year term):

R. Martin Chavez’85, S.M. ’85, New York City. CIO and partner, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

Fernande R. V. Duffly, J.D. ’78, Boston. Associate Justice, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.

Sandra Edgerley’84, M.B.A. ’89, Brookline, Massachusetts. Nonprofit strategist and community volunteer.

Brian Greene’84, New York City. Professor of physics and mathematics, Columbia University.

Beth Y. Karlan’78, M.D. ’82, Los Angeles. Director, Women’s Cancer Program, Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute; director, division of gynecologic oncology, department of obstetrics and gynecology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; and professor of obstetrics and gynecology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

Carl F. Muller’73, J.D.-M.B.A. ’76, Greenville, South Carolina. Attorney.

David B. Weinberg’74, Chicago. Chairman and CEO, Judd Enterprises, Inc.

John Silvanus Wilson Jr., M.T.S. ’81, Ed.D. ’82, Ed.D. ’85. Atlanta. President, Morehouse College.

For elected director (three-year term):

Krzysztof Daniewski, M.B.A. ’99, Warsaw. President, Ivy Poland Foundation.

Paige Ennis, M.P.A. ’10, Washington, D.C. Vice president, office of external relations, Atlantic Council.

Ellen M. Guidera, M.B.A. ’86, Santiago, Chile. Investor and director, Portillo Ski Resort and Tierra Hotels.

Andrew Herwitz’83, J.D. ’90, New York City. President, The Film Sales Company.

Sharon E. Jones’77, J.D. ’82, Chicago. President and CEO, OH Community Partners.

William R. Koehler’87, Shaker Heights, Ohio. Senior financial services executive.

Tracy “Ty” Moore II’06, Oakland, California. Co-founder, MindBlown Labs.

Anders Yang, J.D. ’94, Irvine, California. Assistant dean, office of external relations, The Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine.

Ariel Zwang’85, M.B.A. ’90, New York City. CEO, Safe Horizon.

THE NAMES of the new members of the Board of Overseers and of the new elected directors of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) were announced during the HAA’s annual meeting on the afternoon of Commencement day.

For Overseer (six-year term), voters chose:

R. Martin Chávez ’85, S.M. ’85, New York City. CIO and partner, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

Fernande R. V. Duffly, J.D. ’78, Boston. Associate Justice, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.

Brian Greene ’84, New York City. Professor of physics and mathematics, Columbia University.

Beth Y. Karlan ’78, M.D. ’82, Los Angeles. Director, Women’s Cancer Program, Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute; director, division of gynecologic oncology, department of obstetrics and gynecology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; and professor of obstetrics and gynecology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

John Silvanus Wilson Jr., M.T.S. ’81, Ed.D. ’82, Ed.D. ’85. Atlanta. President, Morehouse College.

For elected director (three-year term), voters chose:

Paige Ennis, M.P.A. ’10, Washington, D.C. Vice president, office of external relations, Atlantic Council.

Ellen M. Guidera, M.B.A. ’86, Santiago, Chile. Investor and director, Portillo Ski Resort and Tierra Hotels.

Andrew Herwitz ’83, J.D. ’90, New York City. President, The Film Sales Company.

Sharon E. Jones ’77, J.D. ’82, Chicago. President and CEO, OH Community Partners.

Tracy “Ty” Moore II ’06, Oakland, California. Co-founder, MindBlown Labs.

Ariel Zwang ’85, M.B.A. ’90, New York City. CEO, Safe Horizon.

Five alumni—Charles J. “Charlie” Egan Jr. ’54, Michael E.A. Gellert ’53, Thomas W. Lentz Jr., Ph.D. ’85, Sandra Ohrn Moose, Ph.D. ’68, and Robert D. Reischauer ’63—received the 2015 Harvard Medal for “extraordinary service to the University” on May 28, during the Harvard Alumni Association’s (HAA) annual meeting on the afternoon of Commencement day. President Drew Faust read the citations, printed in italics below.

The 2012 recipient of the HAA’s David T.W. McCord ’21 Lifetime Achievement Award, Charles J. Egan Jr. is a longtime class leader, having served as co-chair of the Harvard College Fund Executive Committee from 2001 to 2003 and as a leader of his class’s record-breaking reunion gift activities for decades. A former HAA president, he has also worked with students and alumni as president of Harvard Club of Kansas City; there and earlier (through the Harvard Club of Long Island), his dedicated work with the College admissions office earned him the Hiram S. Hunn Memorial Schools and Scholarships Award in 2004. A longtime supporter of the Crimson swimming and diving team (on which he earned three major Hs and served as captain), Egan and his son Peter Egan ’86 (also a former team captain) endowed the men’s swimming and diving coach position in 2013. Currently, the senior Egan is a co-trustee of the Stanley H. Durwood Foundation and a former vice president of and general counsel for Hallmark Cards Inc.

Whether setting records in the pool as a student athlete or in class reunion giving as an alumnus, you are a Crimson captain through and through, leaving your hallmark on the Universityas president of the Harvard Alumni Association and the Harvard Club of Kansas City, co-chair of the Harvard College Fund, and a passionate supporter of athletics, financial aid, and House Renewal.

A current member of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) Campaign Steering Committee, the FAS New York Major Gifts Committee, and the Divinity School Leadership Council, Michael E.A. Gellert has long served the University. His previous volunteer activities include the Harvard College Fund Council, the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Leadership Council, and the Radcliffe Institute’s Tenth Anniversary Steering Committee; he was also a member of the Harvard Club of New York City’s board of managers during the club’s expansion. Gellert is a co-founder, investor, and general partner of Windcrest Partners, a private investment firm, and the father of Catherine “Kate” Gellert ’93, who served as HAA president in 2013-14.

Devoted alumnus, committed volunteer, and proud Harvard parent, you have embodied the spirit of One Harvard through your dedicated and continuing service across the University, from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences to the Radcliffe Institute to the Harvard Library.

As Cabot director of the Harvard Art Museums, Thomas W. Lentz Jr. was instrumentalin leading the renovation and expansion that brought three museums—the Fogg, Busch-Reisinger, and Sackler—together with new teaching and conservation facilities. The wholly reconfigured museum complex reopened in November of 2014 and Lentz stepped down from his post at the end of this academic year. An expert in Islamic art who earned his doctorate at Harvard, he worked at the RISD Museum and the Los Angeles County Museums of Art, and then served as director of the Smithsonian Institution’s international art museums, before returning to Cambridge in 2003.

With characteristic aplomb and vision, you led the transformation of the Harvard Art Museums, bringing three renowned institutions under one glorious glass roof, reimagining the place of art in the life of the University, and creating a teaching machine that will benefit faculty, students, and the public for generations to come.

A member of theGraduate School Alumni Association Council for more than two decades, Sandra Ohrn Moose is active in preserving the University’s academic excellence and in fundraising efforts. She established the Sandra Ohrn Family Graduate Student Dissertation Fellowship Fund in 2007 to help ease the burdens on doctoral students finishing their degrees. Ohrn spent her career at the Boston Consulting Group (where she was the first woman hired as a business-strategy consultant), rising to become a senior managing partner and director; she is now a senior advisor. She has also held significant advisory roles at Boston cultural institutions and is currently president of the board of trustees of the Museum of Fine Arts.   

Trailblazer for women in business, role model for civic engagement, and catalyst for alumni involvement with decades of service to the University and to the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, you have enhanced the quality of student life and empowered Harvard scholars to reach new heights of academic excellence.

Robert D. Reischauer joined theHarvard Corporation in2002, after a six-year term on the Board of Overseers, and was instrumental in forming and instituting the governance reforms, such as expanding the Corporation’s capacity and shifting its focus to longer-term policy and strategic development, that were adopted in late 2010. He concluded his service last year and is now a distinguished institute fellow and president emeritus of the Urban Institute in Washington, D.C. Reischauer also served as director of the Congressional Budget Office from 1989 to 1995 and is a former senior fellow at the Brookings Institute.

A stalwart champion of good governance from Capitol Hill to Harvard Yard, you provided sage and savvy leadership on Harvard’s governing boards for nearly two decades, deftly guiding the Corporation as senior fellow through historic reforms that have broadened its angle of vision and sharpened its eye on the future.

The new president of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA), Paul L. Choi ’86, J.D. ’89, plans to promote “University-wide, global citizenship” on his travels this coming academic year. “As alumni,” notes Choi, a Chicago-based partner in the international law firm Sidley Austin LLP, “we are part of this global network with an incredible diversity of talents and people in fields everywhere.” He hopes to link that diversity to the work of his immediate predecessor, Cynthia A. Torres ’80, M.B.A. ’84. She focused on building ways for alumni to connect with undergraduates—as mentors, through internships and job-shadowing, and—especially during Harvard’s Wintersession—in career workshops and panel discussions. Such connections, Choi says, are “an important, very practical benefit of the alumni network, not only for students struggling to get summer internships and developing a career, but also in thinking about how to help [mid-career] alumni who may want to change jobs or move to a new geographic area.”

The proud Pforzheimer House alumnus also wants to bolster ties between fellow alumni and their own Houses. He has already met with peers and with some House masters to figure out ways for alumni to develop relationships with undergraduates and each other—again, particularly in the professional realm. “If there were students interested in talking with a practicing lawyer,” he explains, “it would be great if a House had its own network of alumni who work in the field.” In general, he adds, surveys show that Harvard alumni want to interact with students and share their knowledge and expertise. They also want to stay in touch with “Harvard’s intellectual resources, promote access to cutting-edge scholarship, and reach out and join with other alumni through HarvardX” (the University’s digital learning initiative).

Choi himself has a long history of involvement in alumni activities. As a current board member and former officer and president of the Harvard Club of Chicago, he has helped attract more graduate-school and young alumni to new networking and social activities there. Previous roles at the HAA include secretary and elected director of its board and vice president of engagement and marketing. In addition, he has served in reunion leadership positions for his College and Law School classes.

Born in Seoul, South Korea, Choi was three when his parents immigrated to Chicago for his father’s medical residency at Northwestern. Choi assumed he would also become a doctor, but he discovered at Harvard a preference for economics (“an insightful tool to analyze a breadth of problems”) and pursued law because he was drawn to examining systems of government and policy. Now a partner in his firm’s corporate group, he is the global co-leader of the mergers and acquisitions practice. A “true believer” in the value of a liberal-arts education, Choi says that “the analytical approaches to reasoning and the communication skills, written and oral, are the kinds of fundamentals that drew me to Harvard College and Harvard Law School—and those are the skills I draw upon every day.” What makes the Harvard global community so vital, he adds, is its array of such applied knowledge and talents. “And the fundamental reason our alumni network is so strong,” he points out, “is that it’s filled with people who want to maintain a connection to Harvard—throughout their lives.”

Recognizing the importance of House life, the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) honored seniors Gabriela D.M. “Gaby” Ruiz-Colón ’16, of Quincy House, and Jordan Weiers ’16, of Winthrop House, as the 2015 David and Mimi Aloian Memorial Scholars during the fall meeting of its board of directors.

Ruiz-Colón, of Woodbury, Minnesota, the current co-chair of the Quincy House Committee, previously served as operations chair, with responsibility for Quincy’s annual Winter Feast and its Cinema Josiah series. She also worked with the Office of Undergraduate Education to create the Transitions Program, which supports undergraduates moving into sophomore year.

As the Resource Efficiency Program representative for Winthrop, Weiers, of Savage, Minnesota, led the House to second place in the annual intramural Recycling Quiz Challenge and founded the Worms of Winthrop composting project, which included both a blog and a music video (“Talk Wormy to Me”), to raise awareness among housemates. And as a House representative on the Harvard Undergraduate Council, he helped organize the gender-neutral housing campaign.

Six alumni received the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) Awards—for their outstanding service to alumni activities for the University—during the fall meeting of the HAA’s board of directors.

Thomas E. “Ted” Blamey, M.B.A. ’70, of Sydney, Australia, is a “life member” of the Harvard Club of Australia and received its Legends Award in 2011 for contributions that include chairing its nonprofits program from 2001 to 2015 and helping establish fellowships for the Harvard Business School (HBS) course “Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management.” Blamey also initiated the revitalization of the nearby Harvard Club of Victoria in 1998, and has been instrumental in coordinating the annual Krokodiloes tour in Sydney for well over 20 years.

Peter A. Carfagna ’75, J.D. ’79, of Shaker Heights, Ohio, has been a member of the Harvard Club of Cleveland’s schools and scholarships committee since 1979, served as a senior class marshal, been active in the quinquennial reunion-gift committees through the Harvard College Fund, and in 2002 became an elected director of the HAA. The former president of the Harvard Law School Association of Cleveland has also been a visiting lecturer in sports law at the school and faculty adviser to the Sports Law Clinical Placement Program since 2006.

Robert P. Fox Jr. ’86, of Cambridge, has held numerous roles in the HAA, including vice president for College affairs, chair of the classes and reunions committee, and appointed director. He has also chaired four reunions and serves as class secretary. Fox is active with The Holden Choruses: he recently chaired its long-range planning committee, is the Harvard Glee Club’s graduate adviser, and became vice president of the glee club’s foundation in October. In September, he chaired the Harvard Gender & Sexuality Caucus’s Cambridge conference, “What Should We Do After ‘I Do’?”

Joan Keenan ’45, HRP ’47, of Lexington, Massachusetts, worked on behalf of Radcliffe for decades, including as a trustee from 1974 to 1980, a class and reunion chair (most recently for her seventieth), and as an officer of the Alumnae and Friends of Radcliffe College. Her contributions, benefiting both the College and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, earned her the Radcliffe Distinguished Service Award in 1995 and the Radcliffe Institute Apple Tree Award in 2005. Keenan is also a 50-year member and former vice president of the Harvard Club of Boston and a past officer and member of the HBS Club of Boston.

Robert M. Kraft ’76, of Encino, California, has co-chaired the Harvard Office for the Arts’ advisory committee and been a member of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Arts Resource Council, the Harvard clubs of New York and Southern California, and Harvardwood. A panelist for the “Harvard in Hollywood” Alumni College in 2005, he has also lectured on film music and participated in workshops with student composers. In 2008 he became an HAA elected director.

Nancy Sinsabaugh ’76, M.B.A. ’78, of Cambridge, serves as class treasurer (she has been an executive committee member of the Association of Harvard College Class Secretaries and Treasurers) and has chaired several reunions (including those of her HBS class). A member or former member of Harvard and HBS clubs in France, Luxembourg, Minnesota, New York, and Boston, Sinsabaugh was also an alumni interviewer from 1994 to 2005. As a veteran of the HAA’s Happy Observance of Commencement Committee, she designed the hats now worn by its women members and provides televised commentary for the Annual Meeting of the HAA. Her roles on the HAA’s board of directors have included treasurer and chair of the classes and reunion committee.

Seven alumni received Hiram S. Hunn Memorial Schools and Scholarships Awards from the Harvard College Office of Admissions and Financial Aid on October 2 for their volunteer work: recruiting and interviewing prospective undergraduates.

William L. (“Ike”) Eisenhart’74, of Seattle, has co-chaired the Harvard Club of Seattle’s schools and scholarships committee since 2002, following several years of interviewing candidates.

Tanya Ryk Friedman’94, of New York City, is a vice president of the Harvard Club of New York City. A recent past president of the Harvard Club of New York Foundation, she has also served as the club’s schools and scholarships committee co-chair.

Anita Warren Fritze’64, of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, has interviewed students for more than 25 years for the Harvard Club of Boston.

Marsha Hirano-Nakanishi, Ed.D. ’81, of Los Angeles, is executive vice president of the Harvard Club of Southern California. She also recently served as the interim vice president for the schools and scholarships committee.

Meg Streeter Lauck’79, of Sugar Land, Texas, was the interview coordinator for the Harvard University Club of Houston from 2009 to 2014.

Garrett Scott Olmsted’68, Ph.D. ’76, of Tazewell, Virginia, is a long-time admissions interviewer, most recently in western Virginia.

David F. Pinto’82, Ext ’88, of Longmeadow, Massachusetts, was an alumni interviewer for several years and has chaired the Harvard Club of Western Massachusetts’s schools and scholarships committee since 2005.

During its 150th-anniversary celebration in December, the Harvard Club of New York unveiled Everett Raymond Kinstler’s portrait of John P. (Jack) Reardon Jr. ’60. In accompanying remarks, club president Charles L. Brock, J.D. ’67, AMP ’79, a past HAA president, cited the highlights of Reardon’s formal University service: director of undergraduate admissions, of athletics, and of the Harvard Alumni Association. (He also served on the club’s board, and is a Harvard Medalist.) Brock then turned to address the man he called “our Jack of all trades. Our ace of Harvard clubs. Our king of countless Crimson hearts.” Reardon’s “rare wisdom, wit, and warmth” have been deployed as he has “counseled and cajoled presidents and provosts” and other members of the Harvard community. But more important, Brock said, Reardon is “the kind of person so many of us aspire to be,” at the core of Harvard as a human institution: “Jack, you are our John Harvard.”

The citations, awarded at the HAA board of directors meeting in February, honor both alumni and groups that have organized exceptional programming.

E. Andrews Grinstead’97 of Mobile, Alabama. Having served as the HAA Alumni Leadership Conference co-chair, HAA director of southeastern states, and HAA director of general-interest SIGs, Grinstead has been an invaluable alumni leader, assisting numerous clubs and SIGs with organizational revitalization, engagement, transition, and development. In addition, he is a past president and vice president of the Harvard Club of the Mid-South and has been a schools and scholarships admissions interviewer.

Jeanne E. Gullahorn’54 of Naples, Florida. Gullahorn joined the board of directors of the Harvard Club of Naples in 2008 and reestablished the HAA’s Summer Community Service Fellowship for Collier County, helping to raise funds to sponsor 22 positions for undergraduates. Subsequently, as club vice president, and now president, she has worked to coordinate internships for incoming freshmen, as well as organize winter-break internships for students.

Timothy J. Pearson, M.P.P. ’89, of Anchorage. As secretary of the Harvard Club of Alaska since 2006, Pearson has coordinated activities and events, built partnerships with other organizations, such as the Yale and Princeton clubs, and worked to get new club members involved with the community and the board. He has also bolstered bonds with the larger academic network in Alaska.

Since its founding in 2004, the Harvard University Muslim Alumni (HUMA) has grown to include more than 300 alumni. The shared interest group has helped bring together Harvard’s Muslim community, with initiatives such as the Global Iftaars Program during Ramadan, which was held in numerous cities worldwide. Other initiatives include alumni mixers, mentoring programs for students, networking events, and the annual dinner in Cambridge, which has featured inspirational speakers who focus on the Islamic world. The HUMA Muslim Life Fund also supports Harvard’s first paid Muslim chaplain.

The Harvard Club of Quebec(HCQ) has seen tremendous growth during the last three years, increasing membership from just eight to nearly 200. Under the leadership of club president Andre DuSault, M.P.A. ’00, the club also established a board of governors, wrote a new constitution, and created a nomination committee for succession planning. As part of the HAA’s Global Month of Service, HCQ collaborated with other local institutions, such as the U.S. consulate in Montreal, to organize meaningful events and initiatives. The club has also sponsored dozens of other gatherings, such as the popular Young Professional Speakers Series, to effectively engage alumni.

This spring, alumni can vote for five new Harvard Overseers and six new elected directors of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA).

Ballots, mailed out by April 1, must be received back in Cambridge by noon on May 20 to be counted. Election results will be announced at the HAA’s annual meeting on May 26, on the afternoon of Commencement day. All holders of Harvard degrees, except Corporation members and officers of instruction and government, are entitled to vote for Overseer candidates. The election for HAA directors is open to all Harvard degree-holders.

Candidates for Overseer may also be nominated by petition if they obtain a prescribed number of signatures (201 this year) from eligible degree-holders. Lists of signatures for five potential candidates were submitted by the February 1 deadline; for more information, see here. Updated February 20, 2016: The petition candidates qualified for the ballot, according to a University announcement; the full slate of candidates is published here.

The HAA’s nominating committee has proposed the following candidates.

For Overseer (six-year term):

P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale’74, Evanston, Illinois. Associate provost for faculty and Frances Willard professor of human development and social policy, Northwestern University.

Helena Buonanno Foulkes’86, M.B.A. ’92, Providence, Rhode Island. President, CVS/pharmacy; executive vice president, CVS Health.

Karen Falkenstein Green’78, J.D. ’81, ALI ’15, Boston. Senior partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, LLP.

Ketanji Brown Jackson’92, J.D. ’96, Washington, D.C. Judge, United States District Court.

John J. Moon ’89, Ph.D. ’94, New York City. Managing director, Morgan Stanley.

Alejandro Ramírez Magaña’94, M.B.A. ’01, Mexico City. CEO, Cinépolis.

Kent Walker ’83, Palo Alto. Senior vice president and general counsel, Google Inc.

Damian Woetzel, M.P.A. ’07, Roxbury, Connecticut. Artistic director, Vail International Dance Festival; director, Aspen Institute Arts Program, DEMO (Kennedy Center), and independent projects.

For Elected Director (three-year term):

Janet Nezhad Band’83, M.B.A. ’89, J.D. ’90, New York City. Development consultant to nonprofit organizations.

Rye Barcott, M.B.A.-M.P.A.’09, Charlotte, North Carolina. Managing partner and co-founder, Double Time Capital.

David Battat’91, New York City. President and CEO, Atrion Corporation.

Susan M. Cheng, M.P.P. ’04, Ed.LD. ’13, Washington, D.C. Senior associate dean for diversity and inclusion, Georgetown University School of Medicine.

Farai N. Chideya’90, New York City. Distinguished writer in residence, Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, New York University.

Trey Grayson’94, Fort Mitchell, Kentucky. President and CEO, Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce.

Victor Jih, J.D. ’96, Los Angeles. Litigation partner, Irell and Manella LLP.

Eliana Murillo’10, San Francisco. Head of multicultural marketing, Google Inc.

Michael C. Payne’77, M.D. ’81, M.P.H. ’82, Cambridge. Attending physician, department of internal medicine, division of gastroenterology, Cambridge Health Alliance.

Commencement Week includes addresses by Harvard president Drew Gilpin Faust and director, screenwriter, and producer Steven Spielberg. For details and updates on event speakers, visit Harvard Magazine.

Tuesday, May 24

Phi Beta Kappa Exercises, at 11, with poet Robyn Schiff and orator Stephen Greenblatt, Cogan University Professor and Shakespeare scholar, Sanders Theatre.

Baccalaureate Service for the Class of 2016, at 2, Memorial Church, followed by class photo, Widener steps.

Class of 2016 Family Reception, at 5. Tickets required. Science Center plaza.

Harvard Extension School Annual Commencement Banquet, at 6. Tickets required. Annenberg Hall.

Wednesday, May 25

ROTC Commissioning Ceremony, at 11:30, with President Faust and a guest speaker. Tercentenary Theatre.

Harvard Kennedy School Commencement Address, at 2, by former U.S. secretary of state Madeleine Albright, LL.D. ’97. JFK Park.

Senior Class Day Picnic, at noon.Tickets required. The Old Yard.

Senior Class Day Exercises, at 2, with the Harvard and Ivy Orations, remarks by incoming Harvard Alumni Association president Martin J. Grasso Jr. ’78, and actress, writer, and producer Rashida Jones ’97. Tickets required. Tercentenary Theatre.

Law School Class Day, 2:30, with featured speaker Sarah Jessica Parker, actor, producer, businesswoman, and philanthropist. Holmes Field.

Business School Class Day Ceremony, 2:30, with Thomas J. Tierney, M.B.A. ’80, chairman and co-founder of The Bridgespan Group. Baker Lawn.

Graduate School of Design Class Day, at 4, with a guest speaker. Gund Hall lawn.

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Award Presentation and Celebration, 4-7. Kresge Courtyard.

Graduate School of Education Convocation, 3-5, with a guest speaker. Radcliffe Yard.

Divinity School Multireligious Commencement Service, at 4. Memorial Church.

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Dudley House Faculty Dean’s Reception, 4-6.

Faculty Deans’ Receptions for seniors and guests, at 5. The Undergraduate Houses.

Harvard University Band,Harvard Glee Club, and Radcliffe Choral Society Concert, at 8. Tercentenary Theatre.

Thursday, May 26

Commencement Day. Gates open at 6:45.

Academic Procession, 8:50. The Old Yard.

The 365th Commencement Exercises, 9:45 (concluding at 11:45). Tickets required. Tercentenary Theatre.

All Alumni Spread, 11:30. Tickets required. The Old Yard.

The Tree Spread, for the College classes through 1965, 11:30. Tickets required. Holden Quadrangle.

Graduate School Diploma Ceremonies, from 11:30 (time varies by school).

GSAS Luncheon and Reception, 11:30 to 3. Tickets required. Behind Perkins Hall.

College Diploma Presentation Ceremonies and Luncheons, at noon. The Undergraduate Houses.

Alumni Procession, 1:45. The Old Yard.

The Annual Meeting of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA), 2:30, includes remarks by HAA president Paul L. Choi ’86, J.D. ’89, President Faust, and Commencement speaker Steven Spielberg; Overseer and HAA director election results; and Harvard Medal presentations. Tercentenary Theatre.

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Diploma Ceremony at 2, with guest speaker Donna Shalala, president of the Clinton Foundation, and former U.S. secretary for health and human services and president of the University of Miami. Kresge Courtyard.

Medical and Dental Schools Class Day Ceremony. Ticketed luncheon at noon, followed by a speech, at 2, by Jeffrey S. Flier, retiring dean of the faculty of medicine and Walker professor of medicine.

Friday, May 27

Radcliffe Day, celebrating the institution’s past, present, and future, includes a morning panel discussion followed by a luncheon honoring the 2016 Radcliffe Medal recipient, Janet L. Yellen, chair of the board of governors of the Federal Reserve System.

The discussion, “Building an Economy for Prosperity and Equality” (10:30 a.m.-noon), is moderated by Cecelia Rouse’86, Ph.D. ’92, dean, Katzman and Ernst professor in the economics of education, and professor of economics and public affairs at Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. Panelists include: David Autor, Ph.D. ’99, professor of economics at MIT; Douglas W. Elmendorf, dean and Price professor of public policy at the Kennedy School; Claudia Goldin, Lee professor of economics and director of the Development of the American Economy Program at the National Bureau of Economic Research; and Louise Sheiner’82, Ph.D. ’93, senior fellow in economic studies and policy director for the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy at the Brookings Institution.

The luncheon, 12:30-2, will feature remarks by former chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben S. Bernanke ’75, now a distinguished fellow in residence in the economic studies program at the Brookings Institution; economics professor Gregory Mankiw will then talk with Yellen about her life and career.

Tickets are required to attend the day’s events in person, and have already been distributed. The events will be webcast live at www.radcliffe.harvard.edu. For questions, contact events@radcliffe.harvard.edu.

For updates on Commencement week and related activities, visit alumni.harvard.edu/annualmeeting or commencement.harvard.edu/morning-exercises.

This spring, alumni can vote for five new Harvard Overseers and six new elected directors of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA).

Ballots, mailed out by April 1, must be received back in Cambridge by noon on May 20 to be counted. Election results will be announced at the HAA’s annual meeting on May 26, on the afternoon of Commencement day. All holders of Harvard degrees, except Corporation members and officers of instruction and government, are entitled to vote for Overseer candidates. The election for HAA directors is open to all Harvard degree-holders.

Candidates for Overseer may also be nominated by petition if they obtain a prescribed number of signatures—201 this year—from eligible degree-holders.

The names below are listed in the order they appear on the ballot.

The HAA’s nominating committee has proposed the following candidates for Overseer (six-year term): 

Kent Walker ’83, Palo Alto. Senior vice president and general counsel, Google Inc.

Ketanji Brown Jackson’92, J.D. ’96, Washington, D.C. Judge, United States District Court.

Helena Buonanno Foulkes’86, M.B.A. ’92, Providence, Rhode Island. President, CVS/pharmacy; executive vice president, CVS Health.

John J. Moon ’89, Ph.D. ’94, New York City. Managing director, Morgan Stanley.

Alejandro Ramírez Magaña’94, M.B.A. ’01, Mexico City. CEO, Cinépolis.

Damian Woetzel, M.P.A. ’07, Roxbury, Connecticut. Artistic director, Vail International Dance Festival; director, Aspen Institute Arts Program, DEMO (Kennedy Center), and independent projects.

Karen Falkenstein Green’78, J.D. ’81, ALI ’15, Boston. Senior partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, LLP.

Lindsay Chase-Lansdale’74, Evanston, Illinois. Associate provost for faculty and Frances Willard professor of human development and social policy, Northwestern University.

The following candidates for Overseer were nominated by petition:

Ralph Nader, LL.B ’58, of Washington, D.C. Citizen-activist and author; founder, The Center for Responsive Law and Public Citizen.

Stephen Hsu, of Okemos, Michigan. Professor of theoretical physics and vice president for research and graduate studies.

Ron Unz ’83, of Palo Alto. Software developer and chairman, UNZ.org; publisher, The Unz Review.

Stuart Taylor Jr., J.D. ’77, of Washington, D.C. Author, journalist, lawyer; nonresident senior fellow, Brookings Institute.

Lee C. Cheng ’93, of Santa Ana, California. Chief legal officer, Newegg, Inc.

The HAA nominating committee has proposed the following candidates for Elected Director (three-year term):

David Battat’91, New York City. President and CEO, Atrion Corporation.

Farai N. Chideya’90, New York City. Distinguished writer in residence, Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, New York University.

Rye Barcott, M.B.A.-M.P.A.’09, Charlotte, North Carolina. Managing partner and co-founder, Double Time Capital.

Susan M. Cheng, M.P.P. ’04, Ed.LD. ’13, Washington, D.C. Senior associate dean for diversity and inclusion, Georgetown University School of Medicine.

Victor Jih, J.D. ’96, Los Angeles. Litigation partner, Irell and Manella LLP.

Eliana Murillo’10, San Francisco. Head of multicultural marketing, Google Inc.

Trey Grayson’94, Fort Mitchell, Kentucky. President and CEO, Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce.

Janet Nezhad Band’83, M.B.A. ’89, J.D. ’90, New York City. Development consultant to nonprofit organizations.

Michael C. Payne’77, M.D. ’81, M.P.H. ’82, Cambridge. Attending physician, department of internal medicine, division of gastroenterology, Cambridge Health Alliance.

Departing from its customary practice, the University today announced that five Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) nominees—Lindsay Chase-Lansdale; Helena Buonanno Foulkes; Ketanji Brown Jackson; Alejandro Ramírez Magaña; and Kent Walker—have been elected to six-year terms on the Board of Overseers. The news is customarily disseminated on the afternoon of Commencement day—this coming Thursday, May 26—during the annual meeting of the HAA. But this year, with eight HAA-nominated candidates and a slate of five petition candidates campaigning on a “Free Harvard/Fair Harvard” platform all competing for seats on the board, it may have been politic to announce results as soon as possible after the ballots were received (by noon on May 20) and counted, lest the outcome leak piecemeal as candidates were notified of their status.

The complete list of candidates, in ballot order, with identifying information, appears below.

As reported (see all prior dispatches at harvardmagazine.com/overseerelection), the HAA nominated these candidates:

• Kent Walker ’83 magna cum laude, Senior vice president and general counsel, Google Inc., Palo Alto, Calif.
• Ketanji Brown Jackson ’92 magna cum laude, J.D. ’96 cum laude
, Judge, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Washington, D.C.
• Helena Buonanno Foulkes ’86 magna cum laude, M.B.A. ’92
, President, CVS/pharmacy; executive vice president, CVS Health, Providence, R.I.
• John J. Moon ’89 magna cum laude, A.M. ’93, Ph.D. ’94, 
Managing director, Morgan Stanley, New York, N.Y.
• Alejandro Ramírez Magaña ’94 cum laude, M.B.A. ’01, 
Chief executive officer, Cinépolis, Mexico City, Mexico
• Damian Woetzel, M.P.A. ’07
, Artistic director, Vail International Dance Festival; director, Aspen Institute Arts Program, DEMO at the Kennedy Center, and Independent Projects, Roxbury, Conn.
• Karen Falkenstein Green ’78 magna cum laude, J.D. ’81 cum laude, 
Senior partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, LLP, Boston
• Lindsay Chase-Lansdale ’74 magna cum laude, 
Associate provost for faculty and Frances Willard Professor of Human Development and Social Policy, Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill.

The nominees by petition included:

• Ralph Nader, LL.B. ’58
, Citizen-activist and author; founder, The Center for Responsive Law and Public Citizen, Washington, D.C.
• Stephen Hsu
, Professor of theoretical physics and vice president for research and graduate studies, Michigan State University, Okemos, Mich.
• Ron Unz ’83 magna cum laude, Software developer and chairman, UNZ.org; Publisher, The Unz Review, Palo Alto, Calif.
• Stuart Taylor Jr., J.D. ’77 magna cum laude, Author, journalist, lawyer; nonresident senior fellow, Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C.
• Lee C. Cheng ’93 magna cum laude, Chief legal officer, Newegg, Inc., Santa Ana, Calif.

According to the University announcement, 35,870 ballots were cast—a relatively robust turnout, perhaps reflecting the competitive nature of the campaign this year, which was accompanied by significant social-media and online outreach. In recent years, a typical response has been 27,000 ballots from the 250,000 or so eligible voters: about 11 percent.

The petitioners outlined their platform and campaigned via the Free Harvard/Fair Harvard website; alumni who opposed their platform, and who focused particularly on supporting current undergraduate admissions practices, organized and campaigned via the Coalition for a Diverse Harvard website. After soliciting all candidates’ responses to a questionnaire, the coalition—seeking to minimize the possibility that any of the petition candidates would win election—endorsed Ketanji Brown Jackson, John J. Moon, Alejandro Ramírez Magaña, Damian Woetzel, and Lindsay Chase-Lansdale.

The Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) has announced this year’s recipients of the Harvard Medal, which has been awarded since 1981 for extraordinary service to the University. They are:

• Thomas G. Everett, director emeritus of the Harvard Bands. Widely considered the father of the University’s jazz program, he found the campus to be (in the words of The Harvard Crimson) “a jazz wasteland” when he arrived in 1971. The small band he founded eventually expanded into the Sunday and Monday ensembles now known collectively as the Harvard Jazz Bands. Over the years, Everett developed a number of courses about jazz and its history, first at the Extension School and then within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences; he also brought in artists for master classes and residencies. Meanwhile, he directed the Harvard University Bands for decades—and in that capacity, oversaw football game halftime shows, the Harvard Wind Ensemble, and the Harvard Summer Pops Band; he retired in 2013. Everett has also been a supporter of the Harvard Alumni Jazz Band and the Harvard Band Foundation, and has given personal lessons to alumni.
  
  
• Roger W. Ferguson Jr. ’73, A.M. ’78, J.D. ’79, Ph.D. ’81. President and CEO of the financial services provider commonly known as TIAA-CREF, Ferguson is a member of President Obama’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board and a former vice chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. “I was the only governor in Washington on 9/11,” he told Bloomberg. “So I led the response: keeping the Fed open, providing ample liquidity to backstop the banks, and sending extraordinary amounts of cash to avoid having ATMs run out of money.” 
  
  Serving as president of the Board of Overseers from 2008 to 2009, he also contributed to a number of committees at the University: he chaired the standing committee on institutional policy and Harvard’s audit committee, and was also a member of the executive committee and the board’s standing committees on social sciences and alumni affairs and development.
  
  
• John H. McArthur, M.B.A. ’59, D.B.A. ’63, dean emeritus of Harvard Business School. McArthur joined the HBS faculty in 1962, teaching courses in corporate finance; he became dean in 1980. During his 15-year tenure, he introduced new fields of study and overhauled the school’s M.B.A. program and publishing arm. He also made changes to its physical plant, helping to design the school’s distinctive chapel. Reporting in 1995 on how McArthur brokered the merger between the Harvard Medical School-affiliated Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital—creating Partners HealthCare System, now the state’s largest private employer and the provider network where the University spends most of its health-benefits money—the Crimson wondered, “Is John H. McArthur the Most Powerful Man at Harvard?” A University professorship was named for him and his wife, Natty, in 1997; McArthur Hall was dedicated at HBS in 1999.
  
  McArthur has also served elsewhere at Harvard: at the College, as honorary coach of the men’s ice hockey team; at the medical school, as a member of the Board of Overseers; and at the schools of education and public health, as a member of their Dean’s Councils. He is the honorary chair of the current HBS capital campaign.
  
  

• Betsey Bradley Urschel, Ed.M. ’63, for her volunteer service locally and with various advisory boards and committees, including that of the HAA. A past president and director emerita of the Harvard Club of Dallas, Urschel co-chaired the club’s centennial events in 2014 and, with her late husband, Harold, started the community service fund that bears their name and provides financial assistance to a College undergraduate working in a public-service internship in north Texas.

The honorees will be presented with their medals during the HAA’s annual meeting on the afternoon of Commencement day.

Four people—Thomas G. Everett, Roger W. Ferguson Jr.’73, A.M. ’78, J.D. ’79, Ph.D. ’81, John H. McArthur, M.B.A. ’59, D.B.A. ’63, and Betsey Bradley Urschel, Ed.M. ’63—received the 2016 Harvard Medal for “extraordinary service to the University” on May 26, during the Harvard Alumni Association’s (HAA) annual meeting on the afternoon of Commencement day. President Drew Faust read the citations, printed in italics below.

• When Thomas G. Everett, now director emeritus of the Harvard Bands, arrived in 1971, he found the campus to be (in the words of The Harvard Crimson) “a jazz wasteland.” He started the Harvard Jazz Bands, developed courses on the genre and its history, and brought in artists for master classes and residencies. Meanwhile, he directed the Harvard University Bands for decades—and in that capacity, oversaw football game halftime shows, the Harvard Wind Ensemble, and the Harvard Summer Pops Band. Everett has also been a supporter of the Harvard Alumni Jazz Band and the Harvard Band Foundation.

Harvard’s beloved music man for more than four decades, you calmly guided the Harvard Bands “through change and through storm,” setting the stage for the jazz program and touching the lives of generations of students, alumni, faculty, and staff through your prodigious creativity, your trailblazing scholarship, and your boundless generosity of spirit.

• Roger W. Ferguson Jr., president and CEO of the financial services provider TIAA, is also a member of President Obama’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board and a former vice chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. Besides serving as president of the Board of Overseers from 2008 to 2009, Ferguson has contributed to a number of committees at the University: he chaired the standing committee on institutional policy and Harvard’s audit committee, and also served as a member of the executive committee and the board’s standing committees on social sciences and alumni affairs and development.

Esteemed economist and trusted advisor to presidents from Mass Hall to Pennsylvania Avenue, you have served the University with humility and wisdom, leading the Board of Overseers and countless committees with a steady hand, a sharp mind, and a deep devotion to Harvard’s educational mission.

• John H. McArthur, dean emeritus of Harvard Business School, joined the HBS faculty in 1962, teaching courses in corporate finance; he became dean in 1980. During his 15-year tenure, he introduced new fields of study and overhauled the school’s M.B.A. program and publishing arm, and also improved its campus. Reporting in 1995 on how McArthur brokered the merger that created the Partners HealthCare System—now the state’s largest private employer (and the provider network where the University spends most of its health-benefits money)—the Crimson wondered, “Is John H. McArthur the Most Powerful Man at Harvard?” A University professorship was named for him and his wife, Natty, in 1997; HBS’s McArthur Hall was dedicated in 1999.

McArthur has also served elsewhere at Harvard: at the College, as honorary coach of the men’s ice hockey team; at the medical school, as a member of the Board of Overseers; and at the schools of education and public health, as a member of their Dean’s Councils. He is the honorary chair of the current HBS capital campaign.

Distinguished Harvard statesman and visionary leader with an unparalleled gift for building consensus and cultivating warm personal relationships, you expanded the frontiers of intellectual thought at Harvard Business School and provided wise counsel to Schools and institutions across the University and around the world, earning the respect and admiration of colleagues and communities from Cambridge to Canada.

• Betsey Bradley Urschel is highly regarded for her volunteer service in Texas and in Cambridge. She has contributed her leadership in a variety of capacities, including as an elected director, regional director for Texas, and vice president of University affairs of the HAA Board of Directors. A past president and director emerita of the Harvard Club of Dallas, she co-chaired the club’s centennial events in 2014 and, with her late husband, Harold, started the community service fund that bears their name and provides financial assistance to a College undergraduate working in a public-service internship in north Texas.

The heartbeat of the thriving Harvard Club of Dallas, you have given generously and passionately of your time and talents to many areas of the University, galvanizing the alumni community and mentoring other volunteer leaders with exemplary grace, unwavering dedication, and Texas-sized enthusiasm for Harvard.

The names of the new members of the Board of Overseers and of the new elected directors of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) were announced during the HAA’s annual meeting on the afternoon of Commencement day. For complete coverage of the contested Overseers election, see harvardmag.com/overseerelection.

For Overseer (six-year term), voters chose:

Lindsay Chase-Lansdale’74, Evanston, Illinois. Associate provost for faculty and Frances Willard professor of human development and social policy, Northwestern University.

Helena Buonanno Foulkes’86, M.B.A. ’92, Providence, Rhode Island. President, CVS/pharmacy; executive vice president, CVS Health.

Ketanji Brown Jackson’92, J.D. ’96, Washington, D.C. Judge, United States District Court.

Alejandro Ramírez Magaña’94, M.B.A. ’01, Mexico City. CEO, Cinépolis.

Kent Walker’83, Palo Alto. Senior vice president and general counsel, Google Inc.

For elected director (three-year term), voters chose:

Janet Nezhad Band’83, M.B.A. ’89, J.D. ’90, New York City. Development consultant to nonprofit organizations.

Rye Barcott, M.B.A.-M.P.A.’09, Charlotte, North Carolina. Managing partner and co-founder, Double Time Capital.

David Battat’91, New York City. President and CEO, Atrion Corporation.

Susan M. Cheng, M.P.P. ’04, Ed.LD. ’13, Washington, D.C. Senior associate dean for diversity and inclusion, Georgetown University School of Medicine.

Farai N. Chideya’90, New York City. Distinguished writer in residence, Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, New York University.

Michael C. Payne’77, M.D. ’81, M.P.H. ’82, Cambridge. Attending physician, department of internal medicine, division of gastroenterology, Cambridge Health Alliance.

The Harvard Alumni Association (HAA), says new president Martin J. Grasso Jr. ’78, offers “the luxury of staying in the conversations we had as undergraduate and graduate students with the most interesting and intellectually stimulating people we know.” The Boston-based CEO of Pearl Street Capital Group began his one-year term July 1, taking over from Paul L. Choi ’86, J.D. ’89. The HAA includes 330,000 alumni worldwide, and coordinates clubs, SIGs, and class reunions, along with educational trips, online learning, international gatherings, and opportunities for professional and social networking.

The HAA also harnesses the power and talents of scores of alumni volunteers who serve on committees, help put on Commencement, recruit and interview applicants for admission, produce class news and notes, and otherwise keep classmates engaged in University life.

As one such volunteer, Grasso has served on the HAA board’s executive committee since 2013 and is a former co-chair of the College broadening engagement committee charged with cultivating a critical base of support: alumni between their twenty-fifth and fortieth reunion years. The work has kept him close to intellectual life at the University, the vitality of young, bright students, and a cohort of enthusiastic fellow alumni. He says he has also enjoyed “mentoring high-school students in the college application process who are keenly interested in attending Harvard.” He credits his public-school teachers in Revere, Massachusetts, as well as a “young, scrubby-faced, junior admissions officer”—William R. Fitzsimmons ’67, Ed.D. ’71, now dean of admissions and financial aid—with convincing him that “Harvard might actually be within reach, both academically and financially.”

Grasso’s also grateful to his parents’ teachings: the effective and “cheery nature” that his mother, a homemaker, brought to volunteer civic work; the way his father, a postal worker, gas-station manager, and World War II veteran, exemplified “the value of a job well done by somehow dignifying even the most menial of tasks.” Both still influence his approach to life and work.

Pearl Street Capital Group, he explains, “provides debt capital to very rapidly growing technology and life-sciences enterprises that are backed by the elite venture capital syndicates in the U.S.” The job not only stimulates Grasso’s “brain plasticity, virtually every day,” it also contributes to the former ice-hockey player’s lifelong, extensive workout regimen: he monitors scientific advances in sports medicine and fitness training in search of “new methodologies for maintaining physical health and longevity.”

These stimuli helped him set the theme for the HAA board of directors’ upcoming annual meetings. (The February session, for example, features George Church, Winthrop professor of genetics and director of the Personal Genome Project.) Grasso plans to emphasize how “volunteerism in general, and being a part of the HAA in particular, greatly improves the quality of one’s life,” he adds. “My experience at the HAA has made this notion axiomatic for me.”