# List of The Harvard Crimson people

The following is a list of notable people who have served on the staff of The Harvard Crimson, the student newspaper at Harvard University.

## 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
* Rediet Abebe, computer scientist
* Stephen Barnett (1935–2009), legal scholar at University of California, Berkeley School of Law who opposed the Newspaper Preservation Act of 1970. 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
* Jamal Greene, professor at Columbia Law School
* Peter Kramer, psychiatrist, author
* Thomas Samuel Kuhn, philosopher and historian of science
* Charles S. Maier, professor of history at Harvard University
* John U. Monro, dean of Harvard College (1958–1967)
* Eric M. Nelson, professor of government at Harvard
* Rebecca L. Walkowitz, Provost of Barnard College. Walkowitz is a former Crimson president.
* Claude E. Welch Jr., political scientist at SUNY at Buffalo. Welch is a former Crimson president.

## Authors, journalists, and writers

* Ravi Agrawal, reporter for CNN
* Jonathan Alter, author covering U.S. Presidents
* Joseph Alsop, political reporter
* Cleveland Amory, writer. Amory is a former Crimson president.
* Eli Attie, speechwriter and screenwriter
* Michael Barone, television commentator, writer for The Washington Examiner, author
* Daniel J. Boorstin, American author and writer and Librarian of Congress
* Irin Carmon, reporter for MSNBC
* Sewell Chan, journalist for The Los Angeles Times
* Steve Chapman, columnist, Chicago Tribune
* Susan Chira, author, foreign editor of The New York Times
* Nicholas Ciarelli, founder and editor of Think Secret and founder of BookBub
* Adam Clymer, author, journalist for The New York Times. Clymer is a former Crimson president.
* Jonathan Cohn, author, journalist for HuffPost. Cohn is a former Crimson president.
* Richard Connell, author
* Jim Cramer, host of CNBC's Mad Money. Cramer is a former Crimson president.
* Michael Crichton, author
* E. J. Dionne, columnist for The Washington Post
* Ross Douthat, columnist for The New York Times
* Ethan Drogin, writer for Suits and Lie to Me
* Esther Dyson, digital technology analyst, author
* Daniel Ellsberg, author, released the Pentagon Papers
* David Fahrenthold, political reporter for The New York Times.
* James Fallows, journalist and speechwriter to Jimmy Carter. Fallows is a former Crimson president.
* Susan Faludi, author
* Nicholas Fandos, political reporter for The New York Times
* David Frankel, filmmaker
* Jennifer Frey, sports reporter for The New York Times and The Washington Post
* Otto Fuerbringer, former editor of Time
* V.V. Ganeshananthan, author and journalist
* Susan Glasser, journalist at The New Yorker
* George Goodman, a.k.a. "Adam Smith," hosted the Emmy award-winning program Adam Smith's Money World on PBS
* Garrett Graff, reporter
* Donald E. Graham, CEO and chairman of The Washington Post Co. Graham is a former Crimson president.
* Linda Greenhouse, journalist for The New York Times
* David Halberstam, author
* Jonathan Harounoff, journalist and Israel’s International Spokesperson to the United Nations
* Hendrik Hertzberg, journalist for The New Yorker
* David Ignatius, columnist for The Washington Post
* Boisfeuillet Jones Jr., publisher and CEO of The Washington Post. Jones is a former Crimson president.
* Joseph Kahn, Executive Editor of The New York Times. Kahn is a former Crimson president.
* Peter Kaplan, former editor-in-chief of The New York Observer, current creative director of Condé Nast Traveler
* Mickey Kaus, journalist and political blogger
* Mary Louise Kelly, co-host of NPR's All Things Considered
* Michael Kinsley, journalist, founding editor of Slate magazine
* Nicholas D. Kristof, columnist for The New York Times
* Charles Lane, former editor of The New Republic
* Jennifer 8. Lee, former journalist for The New York Times
* Nicholas Lemann, dean emeritus of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Lemann is a former Crimson president.
* Jessica Lessin, founder of The Information
* Anthony Lewis, author and former columnist for The New York Times
* Walter Lippmann, Pulitzer Prize winner and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
* Arthur Lubow, journalist
* J. Anthony Lukas, author and Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist
* Michael Maccoby, New York Times best-selling author and psychoanalyst. Maccoby is a former Crimson president.
* Dylan Matthews, writer for Vox
* Seth Mnookin, author of Hard News
* Eric Newcomer, tech journalist and founder of the publication Newcomer
* Noah Oppenheim, president of NBC News
* Ivan Oransky, co-founder of Retraction Watch
* Evan Osnos, journalist for The New Yorker
* Alexandra Petri, comedy writer for The Washington Post
* Abby Phillip, CNN news anchor
* David Plotz, former CEO of Atlas Obscura and host of Slate Political Gabfest
* Frank Rich, columnist for The New York Times
* Steven V. Roberts, former reporter for The New York Times, television journalist
* Scott Rosenberg, co-founder of Salon.com
* Yair Rosenberg, writer for Tablet Magazine
* Jack Rosenthal, journalist for The New York Times and president of The New York Times Company Foundation
* David Sanger, journalist for The New York Times
* Charlie Savage, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist for The New York Times
* Nell Scovell, creator of Sabrina the Teenage Witch and co-author of Lean In
* Robert Ellis Smith, noted journalist and creator of the Privacy Journal
* Whit Stillman, filmmaker
* Ira Stoll, New York Sun executive. Stoll is a former Crimson president.
* Stephen Stromberg, Washington Post editorial board
* Katrina Szish, television personality
* Anton Troianovski, Moscow bureau chief for The New York Times
* Evan Thomas, associate managing editor of Newsweek
* Jeffrey Toobin, senior legal analyst for CNN
* Pablo S. Torre, ESPN writer and television personality
* Craig Unger, author and journalist
* George Weller, novelist, playwright, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist for The New York Times and The Chicago Daily News
* Mark Whitaker, senior vice president of NBC News, former editor of Newsweek
* Theodore H. White, prominent political and WWII journalist
* Amy Wilentz, journalist and contributing editor at The Nation
* Elizabeth Wurtzel, author
* Jeff Zucker, president of CNN and former president and CEO of NBC Universal. Zucker is a former Crimson president.

## Business

* Steve Ballmer, former CEO of Microsoft and owner of the Los Angeles Clippers
* Hayley Barna, co-founder of Birchbox
* Nathan Blecharczyk, co-founder of Airbnb
* Charlie Cheever, co-founder of Quora
* Parker Conrad, founder of Zenefits
* Robert Decherd, CEO of A. H. Belo Corporation. Decherd is a former Crimson president.
* Jennifer Hyman, co-founder of Rent The Runway
* Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon (company)
* Thomas W. Lamont, former Chairman of J.P. Morgan & Co.
* James S. Marcus, investment banker and philanthropist
* David Rockefeller, chairman of Chase Manhattan Bank and member of the Rockefeller family
* Frederick M. Warburg, partner of Kuhn, Loeb & Co.
* Byron Wien, prominent investor with Morgan Stanley and Blackstone
* Susan Wojcicki, CEO of YouTube

## Government and politics

* Antony Blinken, Secretary of State during the Biden administration
* Richard Blumenthal, Senator from Connecticut
* Pete Buttigieg, former Mayor of South Bend, Indiana and 2020 presidential candidate
* Blair Clark, manager of Eugene McCarthy's 1968 presidential campaign. Clark is a former Crimson president.
* James Bryant Conant, President of Harvard University from 1933-1953
* Tom Cotton, Senator from Arkansas
* Brian Fallon, press secretary for Hillary Clinton in 2016 and communications director for Kamala Harris in 2024
* Frederick Vanderbilt Field, socialist activist
* James Glassman, journalist, diplomat, and director of the George W. Bush Institute
* C. Boyden Gray, Committee for Justice chairman and White House Counsel to President George H. W. Bush
* Caroline Kennedy, U.S. ambassador to Australia and daughter of U.S. President John F. Kennedy
* John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States
* Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform
* Chris Pappas, Representative from New Hampshire
* Mark Penn, chief political strategist for Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign
* Gina Raimondo, former Governor of Rhode Island and Secretary of Commerce during the Biden administration
* Alastair Rellie, MI6 director
* Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States. Roosevelt is a former Crimson president.
* Elise Stefanik, Representative from New York
* Paul Sweezy, Marxist economist and funder of the Monthly Review
* Caspar Weinberger, United States Secretary of Defense under President Ronald Reagan

## Law

* David J. Barron, circuit judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. 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
* 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
* Melissa Hart, justice on the Colorado Supreme Court
* Leondra Kruger, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California

## Other

* Mark Gearan, former Peace Corps director and president of the Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics
* Colin Jost, comedian and writer for Saturday Night Live
* Jon Ledecky, owner of the New York Islanders
* Bill McKibben, environmentalist, author. McKibben is a former Crimson president.
* David Stearns, general manager of the Milwaukee Brewers

## Harvard Crimson leadership (1993 to present)

| Year | Board | President | Managing Editor | Associate Managing Editor | Business Manager |
| 2025 | 152 | McKenna E. McKrell | Tilly R. Robinson | Cam E. Kettles Sally E. Edwards | Jack D. Jassy |
| 2024 | 151 | J. Sellers Hill | Miles J. Herszenhorn | Elias J. Schisgall Claire Yuan | Matthew M. Doctoroff |
| 2023 | 150 | Cara J. Chang | Brandon L. Kingdollar | Leah J. Teichholtz Meimei Xu | Cynthia V. Lu |
| 2022 | 149 | Raquel Coronell Uribe | Jasper G. Goodman | Kelsey J. Griffin Taylor C. Peterman | Amy X. Zhou |
| 2021 | 148 | Amanda Y. Su | James S. Bikales | Sydnie M. Cobb Ema R. Schumer | Melissa H. Du |
| 2020 | 147 | Aidan F. Ryan | Shera S. Avi-Yonah | Alexandra A. Chaidez Molly C. McCafferty | Emily M. Lu |
| 2019 | 146 | Kristine E. Guillaume | Angela N. Fu | Jamie D. Halper | Charlie B. Zhu |
| 2018 | 145 | Derek G. Xiao | Hannah Natanson | Mia C. Karr Claire E. Parker | Nathan Y. Lee |
| 2017 | 144 | Derek K. Choi | Andrew M. Duehren | Jalin P. Cunningham Daphne C. Thompson | Christopher J. Huh |
| 2016 | 143 | Mariel A. Klein | Meg P. Bernhard | Noah J. Delwiche Ivan B. K. Levingston | Leia N. Wedlund |
| 2015 | 142 | Steven S. Lee | Madeline R. Conway | Matthew Q. Clarida Steven R. Watros | Juliet A. Nelson |
| 2014 | 141 | Samuel Y. Weinstock | Nicholas P. Fandos | Nikita Kansra | Joseph R. Botros |
| 2013 | 140 | Robert S. Samuels | Rebecca D. Robbins | Hana N. Rouse Justin C. Worland | Andrew F. Creamer |
| 2012 | 139 | E. Benjamin Samuels | Julie M. Zauzmer | Gautam S. Kumar Zoe A. Y. Weinberg | J. Sebastian Garcia |
| 2011 | 138 | Naveen N. Srivatsa | Elias J. Groll | Eric P. Newcomer Noah S. Rayman | Martin C. Ye |
| 2010 | 137 | Peter F. Zhu | Esther I. Yi | Lauren D. Kiel June Q. Wu | Julian L. Bouma |
| 2009 | 136 | Maxwell L. Child | Clifford M. Marks | Aditi Balakrishna Christian B. Flow | Steven J. Stelmach |
| 2008 | 135 | Malcom A. Glenn | Paras D. Bhayani | Laurence H. M. Holland Samuel P. Jacobs | Gideon L. Lowin |
| 2007 | 134 | Kristina M. Moore | Javier C. Hernandez | Evan H. Jacobs Anton S. Troianovski | Roger R. Lee |
| 2006 | 133 | William C. Marra | Zachary M. Seward | May Habib Daniel J. Hemel | Nicholas A. Molina |
| 2005 | 132 | Lauren A. E. Schuker | Stephen M. Marks | Katharine A. Kaplan Rebecca D. O'Brien | Gregory B. Michnikov Evan M. Vittor |
| 2004 | 131 | Ericka K. Jalli | Elisabeth S. Theodore | Jenifer L. Steinhardt | Ashley B. T. Ma |
| 2003 | 130 | Amit R. Paley | David H. Gellis | Kate L. Rakoczy | Brian W. Dillard |
| 2002 | 129 | Imtiyaz H. Delawala | Daniela J. Lamas | Juliet J. Chung Daniel P. Mosteller | K. Babi Das Oliver J. Bell Rudrabishek Sahay |
| 2001 | 128 | C. Matthew MacInnis | V. V. Ganeshananthan Parker R. Conrad | V. V. Ganeshananthan | Fiona C. Chin |
| 2000 | 127 | Alan E. Wirzbicki | Rosalind S. Helderman | Marc J. Ambinder Jenny E. Heller | Adam S. Cohen |
| 1999 | 126 | Joshua H. Simon | Georgia N. Alexakis | | James L. Hegyi |
| 1998 | 125 | Matthew W. Granade | Andrew S. Chang | | Justin S. Funches |
| 1997 | 124 | Joshua J. Schanker | Valerie J. MacMillan Andrew A. Green | | Matthew L. Kramer |
| 1996 | 123 | Todd F. Braunstein | Douglas M. Pravda | Jonathan N. Axelrod Elizabeth T. Bangs Marios V. Broustas | Daniel C. Allen |
| 1995 | 122 | Andrew L. Wright | Sarah E. Scrogin | Tara H. Arden-Smith | Jane C. Chen |
| 1994 | 121 | Marion B. Gammill | Joe Mathews | Melissa Lee Anna D. Wilde | Young Il Kim |
| 1993 | 120 | Ira E. Stoll | Gady A. Epstein | D. Richard de Silva | Young Jin Lee |