2012 Harvard Alumni Association award winners announced

The Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) has announced its 2012 HAA Award winners. The award, which recognizes outstanding service to Harvard University through alumni activities, was established in 1990 and has been an annual tradition since. This year’s recipients have devoted countless hours of service and work on behalf of the University and include former HAA presidents, chief marshals, class secretaries, and committee members.

They are: Teresita Alvarez-Bjelland, A.B. ’76, M.B.A. ’79, of Oslo, Norway; F. Gorham Brigham, A.B. ’37, M.B.A. ’39, of West Newton, Mass.; Deborah Gelin, A.B. ’79, M.B.A. ’83, of Washington, D.C.; Joseph K. Hurd Jr., A.B. ’60, M.D. ’64, of Wellesley, Mass.; Judge John Paul Kennedy, A.B. ’63, of Salt Lake City, Utah; and Michael G. Yamin, A.B. ’53, LL.B. ’58, of New York City, New York.