ALUMNI ing, fossil fuels, commodity agri- culture—on the “long-term health The Senior Alumni of society.” Ethical considerations aside, he adds, the inefficiencies Evelyn richmond ’41, of Nashville, Tennessee, and Arsen and environmental degradation Charles ’42, of Westwood, Massachusetts, were the oldest wrought by industrial-meat pro- Radcliffe and Harvard alumni present on Commencement duction don’t make sense, and the day. HAA president Margaret M. Wang ’09 publicly honored shiitake alternative does: “We’re not the pair at the association’s annual meeting. buying grain and growing pigs on For Richmond, who turned 98 in June, it was a distinction it. We’re taking waste products and she also enjoyed last year (see July-August 2018, page 75). “There producing protein.” are so many people here,” she said, gesturing from her seat He and Pforzheimer have mulled near the dais in Tercentenary The- replicating scalable models of their atre, as crowds of alumni, graduates, operations elsewhere in New Eng- guests, and others were funneling land—among other ideas. After six Evelyn Richmond in to hear the Commencement ad- years of hard work, they both still HARRISON JIM dress by German chancellor Angela appreciate the creative autonomy their busi- Merkel, LL.D. ’19. “But I’m pleased to at least shake hands ness provides, but that giddy flush of ex- with the new president of Harvard.” She was again accom- citement over starting an uncharted venture panied by her son, Clifford Richmond ’75, who explained, has waned. Entrepreneurship is like a dream “Every time we come here, when we leave, Mom says, ‘Let’s that “becomes a nightmare pretty quickly— do it again next year!’ It’s all the pageantry, the people, it’s and then it becomes a dream again,” French wonderful—and she’s an honored guest, which she loves.” says, laughing. “There are many iterations.” Charles, 99, was flanked by his wife, Marie Charles, a Vas- What is continually gratifying, however, sar graduate, who said that she and her husband both felt is seeing evidence of all that a handful of duly celebrated. “We just love coming here,” she added. “Ev- brown fungus can achieve: “When people eryone has just been so nice.” HARRISON JIM Arsen Charles start to have the epiphany that their choices can drive a market—that their consumption Corporation. (His service begins on July 1). don. Managing partner, U.K. and Ireland, patterns can actually cause change.” Ryan Wise will complete the remaining year McKinsey & Company, Inc. of the term of James Hildreth ’79, who re- Tyler Jacks ’83, Cambridge. Direc- signed from the board in view of other per- tor, Koch Institute for Integrative Can- sonal obligations. cer Research, Massachusetts Institute of New Harvard Overseers This year marked the debut of online- Technology and HAA Elected Directors voting for both elections. Harvard degree- John B. King Jr. ’96 (’95), Washington, holders cast 36,735 ballots in the Overseers D.C. President and CEO, The Education The names of the new members of the election, a roughly 37 percent increase over Trust Board of Overseers and elected directors 2018’s turnout. Reshma Saujani, M.P.P. ’99, New York of the HAA were announced during the City. Founder and CEO, Girls Who Code HAA’s annual meeting on the afternoon For Overseer: Ryan Wise, Ed.L.D. ’13, Des Moines. Di- of Commencement Day. Alice Hm Chen, M.P.H. ’01, Berkeley. rector, Iowa Department of Education Five of the new Overseers were elected for Chief medical officer and deputy director, the standard six-year terms. Janet Echelman San Francisco Health Network For elected director (three-year term) will complete the remaining four years of Janet Echelman ’87, Brookline, Massa- Bryan C. Barnhill II ’08, Detroit. City the term of Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar ’93, chusetts. Visual artist, Studio Echelman manager, City Solutions, Ford Smart who was elected in February to the Harvard Vivian Hunt ’89, M.B.A. ’95, D.B.E., Lon- Mobility Ethel Billie Branch ’01, J.D.-M.P.P ’08, Flagstaff, Arizona. Former attorney general, Cambridge Scholars The Navajo Nation Four seniors have won Harvard Cambridge Scholarships to study at Cambridge Salomé Cisnal de Ugarte, LL.M. ’94, University during the 2019-2020 academic year. Madeleine Woods, of Colorado and Brussels. Managing partner, Hogan Lovells Winthrop House, an English and folklore and mythology concentrator, will be the Adrienne E. Dominguez ’90, Dallas. Lionel de Jersey Harvard Scholar at Emmanuel College; Mahnoor Ali, of Califor- Partner, intellectual property, Thompson nia and Adams House, a comparative literature concentrator, will be the William & Knight LLP Shirley Scholar at Pembroke College; Elba Alonso Monsalve, of Spain and Currier Christina Lewis ’02, New York City. House, a physics and mathematics concentrator, will be the Charles Henry Fiske III Founder and CEO, All Star Code Scholar at Trinity College; and Jared Perlo, of Massachusetts and Dunster House, Zandile H. Moyo ’00, Los Angeles. Busi- a history and science concentrator, will be the John Eliot Scholar at Jesus College. ness development and social impact man- ager, Califa Farms www.alumni.harvard.edu Harvard Magazine 71 Reprinted from Harvard Magazine. For more information, contact Harvard Magazine, Inc. at 617-495-5746.