News Archive 2009-2018

Alumni Profiles

Ken Chenault ’73, Karen Mills to Join Harvard Corporation

Ken Chenault ’73 and Karen Mills have been elected to become members of the Harvard Corporation, known formally as the President and Fellows of Harvard College, Harvard’s principal fiduciary governing board and the smaller of Harvard’s two boards, the other being the Board of Overseers.

Profile: Laura Harrington ’76 (Bowdoin Magazine)

This profile originally appeared in the Fall 2012 issue of Bowdoin magazine. Bowdoin Major: English Hometown: Gloucester, Mass. Title: Playwright, author of the novel Alice Bliss. Websites: lauraharringtonbooks.com; laura-harrington.com Twitter: @LaurHarrington Greatest influence: Musicians, who have taught me the importance of silence and the power of structure. The writers Virginia Woolf, Tim Winton, Marilynn Robinson, Thornton Wilder, and […]

George Maling '52. Illustration by Chelee Ross '12.

Profile: George Maling ’52 (Bowdoin Magazine)

This profile originally appeared in the Fall 2012 issue of Bowdoin magazine. Bowdoin Major: Physics Hometown: Harpswell, Maine Title: Managing Director Emeritus, Institute of Noise Control Engineering. Former senior engineer at IBM. Managing editor of Noise/News International. Website: www.inceusa.org Biggest professional accomplishment: Probably being a founder of the Institute of Noise Control Engineering 40 years ago, and being recognized for several accomplishments by election to the National […]

Dave Stegman '96

Physics Alum David Stegman ’96 Scores ‘Nature’ Hat Trick

Bowdoin physics department alumnus David Stegman ’96, an assistant professor at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC-San Diego, scored a “scientific hat-trick” by publishing three papers in the journal Nature within 12 months last year.

Profile: Richard Bail ’64 (Bowdoin Magazine)

This profile originally appeared in the Winter 2012 issue of Bowdoin magazine. Bowdoin major: Physics Hometown: Whitman, Mass. Title: Founder and President of Communities Without Borders; primary-care practitioner at Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates and Brockton Neighborhood Health Center Website: CommunitiesWithoutBorders.org First time traveling to Africa: 1987, traveling with my mentor Dr. Julius Richmond and a delegation of health experts from the […]

Alan Lightman H’05 on ‘Reconciling the Scientific with the Divine’ (Salon)

Internationally known author, physicist and educator Alan Lightman, who received an honorary degree from the College in 2005, has plumbed the intersection of art and science in essays, novels and scientific publications. Lightman, whose latest book, Mr g, a novel about creation, will be published in January, examines the coexistence of science and religion in the Salon […]