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Philosophy major Jonas Clark '04 and his fiancée started an organic cotton men's dress shirt company with the help of 250 backers who contributed to their Kickstarter campaign.
Read "Of Shirts and Sustainability" in the Fall 2015 issue of Haverford magazine.
A Tuckerman & Co. label is sewn into one of their shirts. Photo: Stephen Faust.
“Many of my natural inclinations around being values-driven, around ethical standards—I think the fundamental framework for that existed when I went [to Haverford], but it was elegantly refined there.” –Ted Love '81, P'15, P'17, cardiologist and CEO, Global Blood Therapeutics
Ben Hickernell '00 takes us further into the lives of Haverfordians profiled in the documentary “Lives That Speak.” Ted Love is the third in a series that will resume in late January 2016.
Sociology major Sage Disch '13 and his brother Cody found their entrepreneurial groove with a line of design-conscious made-in-America organic cotton men's socks.
Read "Best Foot Forward" in the Fall 2015 issue of Haverford magazine.
Daredevil street artist Humaz Deas photographed his Ace & Everett-clad ankles dangling out of a helicopter.
Planetary scientist Kevin Righter '87 works at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston and oversees the latest additions to the largest meteorite collection in the world.
Found in Antarctica in 1979, Righter's favorite meteorite has been sliced for analysis. Photo: Lynn Lane.
Emeritus Professor of Psychology Doug Davis went to the Philippines in 2014 with pioneering human rights attorney Bob Swift '68 as he distributed some of the $19 million won in a landmark case brought on behalf of thousands of victims of the Ferdinand Marcos regime’s reign of terror.
Read Speaking Truth to Power in the Philippines in the Fall 2015 issue of Haverford Magazine.
Claimants waiting to receive their checks. Photo by Tony Oquias.
“Arriving at Haverford...you sort of wonder where you’re going. But...after you start to build a life and allow yourself to grow and be challenged by the chaotic world around you, do you realize that this experience that places a great deal ofemphasis on honor and integrity and personal growth...shaped and informed your decisions in daily life.” –Shaun Hill '01, founder of Hill Farmstead Brewery.
Shaun is the second in a series of individual vignettes directed by Ben Hickernell ’00 that take us further into the lives of Haverfordians profiled in the documentary “Lives That Speak”.
“Three thousand dollars wasn’t enough to cover a Haverford tuition, but that’s what we could pay, and that’s what we did pay. To think that I was able to get that kind of degree in those circumstances... it’s amazing.” –Beverly Ortega-Babers '84, member of the first class of women at Haverford and chief administrative officer of the U.S. Mint.
Beverly is the first in a series of individual vignettes directed by Ben Hickernell ’00 that take us further into the lives of Haverfordians profiled in the documentary "Lives That Speak".
The former president of Swarthmore College and renowned epidemiologist known for leading teams that unraveled Legionnaires’ disease and toxic shock syndrome, Haverford biology major David Fraser '65 has approached his late-in-life art career with the same zeal and curiosity he employed as a scientist and physician.
Haverford’s three academic Centers shape daily life at the College, by invigorating the arts on campus, supporting cutting-edge research, and inspiring students on issues across the globe.
Dawit Habtemariam '15 returned to campus to screen his award-winning documentary, Family Affairs, during a special edition of the Hurford Center for the Arts and Humanities’ weekly CROSSLISTED series. Photo: Ryan Gooding '16
The Economics Department and the Center for Peace and Global Citizenship collaborated to create the Annual Economics Alumni Forum series in 2008. The theme of this year’s discussion was “Immigration Reform: Human and Economic Perspectives on the Need for Change.”
Timothy Guinnane ‘81 (pictured), an economics professor at Yale University, and Charles Mario Russell ‘87, the director of Catholic Charities Immigration Services came back to campus to speak. Watch the full video. Photo: Caleb Eckert '17
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