Philanthropy

Led by fellow alumni, an extraordinary fundraising effort has established a scholarship, a professorship, and support for athletics in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences to recognize John P. “Jack” Reardon AB ’60, who retired last year after six decades of service to Harvard.

A gift from Lisa and Mark Schwartz AB ’76, MBA ’79, MPP ’79 will provide financial aid to MD-PhD students in the Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology.

Harvard dedicated the Susan Wojcicki Library at the Science and Engineering Complex to honor the legacy of the late Susan Wojcicki AB ’90, a trailblazing technology leader and former CEO of YouTube.

By establishing an undergraduate scholarship through a charitable lead annuity trust, Bing Han AB ’11, MBA ’20 and his parents are helping to ensure that cost doesn’t prevent talented students from pursuing a Harvard education.

The Aramont Fellowship Fund for Emerging Science Research provides vital support for early-career faculty and postdoctoral scholars across four Harvard Schools. Responding to the urgent need for research support after federal funding cuts, a generous new gift from the foundation doubles the size of this year’s cohort from the previous year.

Connecting physicists across the United States, the new Leinweber Institute for Theoretical Physics is made possible by a $20 million gift from the Leinweber Foundation.

Enduring College ties inspire Ed Poliakoff ’67, P’00 to give back

A gift from the collection of Philip A. Straus AB ’37 and Lynn G. Straus includes 62 prints and two paintings by Edvard Munch, as well as one print by Jasper Johns.

Through contributions for the Native American Program at Harvard University, Mary and Allen Ivey EdM ’57, EdD ’59 continue a lifelong connection with Indigenous communities and inspire others to support opportunities for Native American students.  

In celebration of their 30th Harvard College reunion, Class of 1994 alumni Alfred and Rebecca Lin contributed to critical new efforts on civil discourse and artificial intelligence within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.