Newsmakers

Bellow wins Alliance for Justice award

Louis D. Brandeis Professor of Law Gary Bellow received an award from the Alliance for Justice during its 1996 Annual Luncheon in Washington, D.C. Bellow was honored "for his 35 years of visionary leadership in the areas of clinical education in law school and legal services." The Alliance described Bellow as "a pioneer in clinical education in law school, inspiring thousands of students, lawyers, and law professors. Throughout his career, he has led the way in improving the quality and effectiveness of the day-to-day practice of law on behalf of the poor and disenfranchised."

Kleinman to Receive Honorary Doctorate

Arthur Kleinman, Presley Professor of Medical Anthropology at the Medical School and professor of anthropology in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, will receive an honorary doctor of science degree from York University in Toronto. He is being recognized for his interdisciplinary contributions to the study of patients' lives in their cultural context both as a researcher and teacher, and for his dedication to the study of science and society.

He recently received the Distinguished Citizens Award of the World Federation of Mental Health.

Haggar, Kaufman Win Writing Awards

Daley Haggar '98 has won the 1996 Dana Reed Prize for distinguished undergraduate writing. Haggar topped a field of 24 entrants for her short story "The Ever-Fixed Mark," which appeared in the March 1996 issue of Cellar Door (formerly Hound & Horn).

Honorable Mention went to Joshua A. Kaufman '98 for "Green-Colored Glasses are in Fashion," from The Harvard Crimson of Sept. 11, 1995. Both students live in Dunster House.

Judges for this year's contest were Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Anthony Hecht, Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Robert K. Massie, and Random House Senior Literary Editor Daniel Menaker.

Awarded annually since 1948 by a group of alumni, the Dana Reed Prize honors the best writing in Harvard undergraduate publications. Previous winners have included Robert Crichton '50 ('49), Michael Halberstam '53, John Updike '54, Sallie Bingham '58, Paul Cowan '62 ('63), Jacob Brackman '65, James Fallows '70, and Michael Kinsley '72.

The $500 prize commemorates Dana Reed '43, who edited several undergraduate publications here before he was killed in action during a World War II bombing raid. Next year will mark the 50th and final time that the prize will be given, according to Frederick A. Jacobi '43, of the New York-based Dana Reed Prize Committee.