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List of The Harvard Crimson people
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The following is a list of notable people who have served on the staff of The Harvard Crimson, the student newspaper at Harvard University.
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Academia
- Andrew Weil, MD, Integrative Medicine Founder, Andrew Weil Center of Integrative Medicine Founder & Director / Professor of Medicine and Public Health / Lovell-Jones Endowed Chair in Integrative Medicine, Harvard[1]
- Rediet Abebe, computer scientist[2]
- Stephen Barnett (1935–2009), legal scholar at University of California, Berkeley School of Law who opposed the Newspaper Preservation Act of 1970.[3] Barnett is a former Crimson president.
- Nancy Bauer, professor of philosophy at Tufts University and dean of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts
- Geoffrey Cowan, professor at USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism[4]
- Jamal Greene, professor at Columbia Law School[5]
- Peter Kramer, psychiatrist, author[6]
- Thomas Samuel Kuhn, philosopher and historian of science
- Charles S. Maier, professor of history at Harvard University[7]
- John U. Monro, dean of Harvard College (1958–1967)[8]
- Eric M. Nelson, professor of government at Harvard[9]
- Rebecca L. Walkowitz, Provost of Barnard College. Walkowitz is a former Crimson president.[10]
- Claude E. Welch Jr., political scientist at SUNY at Buffalo. Welch is a former Crimson president.
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Authors, journalists, and writers
- Ravi Agrawal, reporter for CNN[11]
- Jonathan Alter, author covering U.S. Presidents[12]
- Joseph Alsop, political reporter[13]
- Cleveland Amory, writer.[14] Amory is a former Crimson president.
- Eli Attie, speechwriter and screenwriter[15]
- Michael Barone, television commentator, writer for The Washington Examiner, author[16]
- Daniel J. Boorstin, American author and writer and Librarian of Congress[17]
- Irin Carmon, reporter for MSNBC[18]
- Sewell Chan, journalist for The Los Angeles Times
- Steve Chapman, columnist, Chicago Tribune
- Susan Chira, author, foreign editor of The New York Times[19]
- Nicholas Ciarelli, founder and editor of Think Secret and founder of BookBub[20]
- Adam Clymer, author, journalist for The New York Times.[21] Clymer is a former Crimson president.
- Jonathan Cohn, author, journalist for HuffPost.[22] Cohn is a former Crimson president.
- Richard Connell, author[23]
- Jim Cramer, host of CNBC's Mad Money. Cramer is a former Crimson president.[24]
- Michael Crichton, author[25]
- E. J. Dionne, columnist for The Washington Post[6]
- Ross Douthat, columnist for The New York Times[26]
- Ethan Drogin, writer for Suits and Lie to Me[27]
- Esther Dyson, digital technology analyst, author[6]
- Daniel Ellsberg, author, released the Pentagon Papers[28][29]
- David Fahrenthold, political reporter for The New York Times.[30]
- James Fallows, journalist and speechwriter to Jimmy Carter.[6] Fallows is a former Crimson president.
- Susan Faludi, author[31]
- Nicholas Fandos, political reporter for The New York Times[32][33]
- David Frankel, filmmaker[34]
- Jennifer Frey, sports reporter for The New York Times and The Washington Post[35]
- Otto Fuerbringer, former editor of Time[36]
- V.V. Ganeshananthan, author and journalist[37]
- Josh Gerstein, journalist at Politico [38]
- Susan Glasser, journalist at The New Yorker[39]
- George Goodman, a.k.a. "Adam Smith," hosted the Emmy award-winning program Adam Smith's Money World on PBS[40]
- Garrett Graff, reporter[41]
- Donald E. Graham, CEO and chairman of The Washington Post Co. Graham is a former Crimson president.[42]
- Linda Greenhouse, journalist for The New York Times[43][44]
- Michael Grunwald, journalist at Politico Magazine
- David Halberstam, author[6]
- Jonathan Harounoff, journalist and Israel’s International Spokesperson to the United Nations[45]
- Hendrik Hertzberg, journalist for The New Yorker[46]
- David Ignatius, columnist for The Washington Post[6]
- Boisfeuillet Jones Jr., publisher and CEO of The Washington Post.[42] Jones is a former Crimson president.
- Joseph Kahn, Executive Editor of The New York Times. Kahn is a former Crimson president.[47][48]
- Peter Kaplan, former editor-in-chief of The New York Observer, current creative director of Condé Nast Traveler
- Mickey Kaus, journalist and political blogger[49]
- Mary Louise Kelly, co-host of NPR's All Things Considered[50]
- Michael Kinsley, journalist, founding editor of Slate magazine[6]
- Sam Koppelman, journalist, founder of Hunterbrook[51]
- Nicholas D. Kristof, columnist for The New York Times[52]
- Charles Lane, former editor of The New Republic[53]
- Jennifer 8. Lee, former journalist for The New York Times[54][55]
- Melissa Lee, CNBC news anchor
- Nicholas Lemann, dean emeritus of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.[56] Lemann is a former Crimson president.
- Jessica Lessin, founder of The Information
- Anthony Lewis, author and former columnist for The New York Times[57]
- Walter Lippmann, Pulitzer Prize winner and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom[13]
- Annie Lowrey, author and staff writer at The Atlantic.[58]
- Arthur Lubow, journalist
- J. Anthony Lukas, author and Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist[6]
- Michael M. Luo, executive editor of The New Yorker.[59]
- Michael Maccoby, New York Times best-selling author and psychoanalyst. Maccoby is a former Crimson president.
- Dylan Matthews, writer for Vox[60]
- Victor McElheny, science journalist and founder of the Knight Science Journalism program[61]
- Seth Mnookin, author of Hard News[62]
- Eric Newcomer, tech journalist and founder of the publication Newcomer[63]
- Noah Oppenheim, president of NBC News[55][64]
- Ivan Oransky, co-founder of Retraction Watch
- Evan Osnos, journalist for The New Yorker[65]
- Philip Pan, journalist and author[66]
- Alexandra Petri, comedy writer for The Washington Post[67]
- Abby Phillip, CNN news anchor[68]
- David Plotz, former CEO of Atlas Obscura and host of Slate Political Gabfest[69]
- Frank Rich, columnist for The New York Times[70]
- Steven V. Roberts, former reporter for The New York Times, television journalist[71]
- Scott Rosenberg, co-founder of Salon.com[72]
- Yair Rosenberg, writer for Tablet Magazine[73]
- Jack Rosenthal, journalist for The New York Times and president of The New York Times Company Foundation[74][75]
- David Sanger, journalist for The New York Times[76]
- Charlie Savage, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist for The New York Times[77]
- Nell Scovell, creator of Sabrina the Teenage Witch and co-author of Lean In[78]
- Robert Ellis Smith, noted journalist and creator of the Privacy Journal[79]
- Whit Stillman, filmmaker[80]
- Ira Stoll, New York Sun executive. Stoll is a former Crimson president.
- Stephen Stromberg, Washington Post editorial board[81]
- Katrina Szish, television personality[82]
- Anton Troianovski, Moscow bureau chief for The New York Times[83]
- Evan Thomas, associate managing editor of Newsweek[84]
- Jeffrey Toobin, senior legal analyst for CNN[52]
- Pablo S. Torre, ESPN writer and television personality[85][86]
- Craig Unger, author and journalist
- George Weller, novelist, playwright, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist for The New York Times and The Chicago Daily News[87]
- Mark Whitaker, senior vice president of NBC News, former editor of Newsweek[88]
- Theodore H. White, prominent political and WWII journalist[13]
- Amy Wilentz, journalist and contributing editor at The Nation[89]
- Graeme Wood, author and journalist at The Atlantic[90][91]
- Elizabeth Wurtzel, author[92]
- Jeff Zucker, president of CNN and former president and CEO of NBC Universal. Zucker is a former Crimson president.[93]
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Business
- Steve Ballmer, former CEO of Microsoft and owner of the Los Angeles Clippers[94][95]
- Hayley Barna, co-founder of Birchbox[96]
- Nathan Blecharczyk, co-founder of Airbnb[97]
- Charlie Cheever, co-founder of Quora[98]
- Parker Conrad, founder of Zenefits[99][100][101]
- Robert Decherd, CEO of A. H. Belo Corporation. Decherd is a former Crimson president.[102][103]
- Jennifer Hyman, co-founder of Rent The Runway[100][104]
- Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon[105][106]
- Thomas W. Lamont, former Chairman of J.P. Morgan & Co.[107]
- James S. Marcus, investment banker and philanthropist[108]
- David Rockefeller, chairman of Chase Manhattan Bank and member of the Rockefeller family[13]
- Frederick M. Warburg, partner of Kuhn, Loeb & Co.[109]
- Byron Wien, prominent investor with Morgan Stanley and Blackstone[110]
- Susan Wojcicki, CEO of YouTube[111]
Government and politics

- Antony Blinken, Secretary of State during the Biden administration[112][113]
- Richard Blumenthal, Senator from Connecticut[114][115]
- Pete Buttigieg, former Mayor of South Bend, Indiana and 2020 presidential candidate[116]
- Blair Clark, manager of Eugene McCarthy's 1968 presidential campaign. Clark is a former Crimson president.[117]
- James Bryant Conant, President of Harvard University from 1933-1953[118]
- Tom Cotton, Senator from Arkansas[119][120]
- Brian Fallon, press secretary for Hillary Clinton in 2016 and communications director for Kamala Harris in 2024[121][122]
- Frederick Vanderbilt Field, socialist activist[123]
- James Glassman, journalist, diplomat, and director of the George W. Bush Institute[124][125]
- C. Boyden Gray, Committee for Justice chairman and White House Counsel to President George H. W. Bush[126]
- Caroline Kennedy, U.S. ambassador to Australia and daughter of U.S. President John F. Kennedy[127]
- John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States[13][25][128]
- Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform[129]
- Chris Pappas, Representative from New Hampshire[130][131]
- Mark Penn, chief political strategist for Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign[132]
- Gina Raimondo, former Governor of Rhode Island and Secretary of Commerce during the Biden administration[133]
- Alastair Rellie, MI6 director
- Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States. Roosevelt is a former Crimson president.[13][25]
- Elise Stefanik, Representative from New York[134]
- Paul Sweezy, Marxist economist and funder of the Monthly Review[135]
- Caspar Weinberger, United States Secretary of Defense under President Ronald Reagan[136][137]
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Law
- David J. Barron, circuit judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.[138][139] Barron is a former Crimson president.
- David Bruck, capital defense attorney
- Paul A. Engelmayer, circuit judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York[140]
- Garrett Epps, author and law school professor. Epps is a former Crimson president.
- Merrick Garland, United States Attorney General during the Biden administration, former Circuit Judge and former Supreme Court nominee[141]
- Melissa Hart, justice on the Colorado Supreme Court[142]
- Leondra Kruger, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California[143]
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Other
- Mark Gearan, former Peace Corps director and president of the Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics[144]
- Colin Jost, comedian and writer for Saturday Night Live[145]
- Jon Ledecky, owner of the New York Islanders[146][147][148]
- Bill McKibben, environmentalist, author. McKibben is a former Crimson president.[149]
- David Stearns, general manager of the Milwaukee Brewers[150]
Harvard Crimson leadership (1993 to present)
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