Charles S. and Pauline R. Maier

The first time that History Professor Charles S. Maier ’60 tried to ask his wife—MIT History Professor Pauline R. Maier ’60—on a date, she turned him down.

Harvard at the New Frontier

For the class of 1960, the presidential race between John F. Kennedy' 40 and Richard M. Nixon was an unforgettable moment of history.

Harvard Recruits Nigerian Students

On Oct. 1, 1960, Nigeria formally severed with the British Empire following 160 years of colonial rule, and soon thereafter ...

With Interdisciplinary Approach, Social Studies Draws Students

Every Tuesday in the fall of 1960, a group of six students gathered in the living room of Winthrop resident ...

Bunting Strengthens Harvard-Radcliffe Ties

While growing up in Brooklyn, Mary I. Bunting-Smith’s mother would sometimes tell her, “Thee is a funny little girl.”

Students and Faculty Fight Nuclear Tests

In the spring of 1960, 1,359 members of the Harvard faculty signed a petition encouraging the Eisenhower administration to consider ...

College Housing Debates

In 1960, student housing—an essential component of the Harvard undergraduate experience—was on the verge of major transformation.

Organizing Integration

In 1960, the student group known as the Emergency Public Integration Committee drew attention to anti-segregation activism.

Harvard Drama Takes to a New Stage

The completion of the state-of-the-art Loeb Theater in 1960 opened up new opportunities for students.

Rosana Y. Alfaro

It was gender, rather than race, that seemed to distinguish playwright Rosanna Y. Alfaro '60 on campus.

John H. Harbison

John H. Harbison ’60 would not necessarily consider composing pure fun.

Elizabeth H. Dole

Fifty years ago, Elizabeth H. Dole '60 was a graduate student at Harvard.

Elizabeth H. Dole

Fifty years ago, Elizabeth H. Dole '60 was a graduate student at Harvard.

Michael S. Dukakis

Seven-year-old Michael S. Dukakis '60 turned on the radio and carefully tracked the results of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s victory over Wendell L. Willkie.

Antonin G. Scalia

Fifty years after graduating from Harvard Law School, “Nino” has reached the top of his profession.

“Take but degree away, untune that string, and hark what discord follows,” says a Harvard student acting as Ulysses, a character in “Troilus and Cressida.”

John H. Harbison '60 is a Pulitzer Prize-winning composer.

Alma Arbos, who received her Ph.D from Radcliffe in 1962, holds with her daughter during the Radcliffe Commencement ceremony. Radcliffe President Mary I. Bunting-Smith encouraged mothers to complete their degrees.

Antonin G. Scalia speaks on November 18, 1992 in this Crimson file photo. Scalia graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1960, and is currently an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Mary Elizabeth H. Dole '60 poses for a portrait photo in this Crimson file photo.

Rosanna Yamagiwa Alfaro '60 is a writer and playwright.

Pauline Maier '60, who also received her PhD from Harvard, is a history professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Charles S. Maier is the Leverett Saltonstall Professor of History at Harvard.

Kennedy for President

Tuesday the American electorats will go to the polls for what may be the most crucial Presidential election of this century.