2. Give some specifics from one or two of the categories above, professional or
otherwise.
Radcliffe
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Family
Seeing my children develop into wonderful, responsible, productive, charming adults, and their
children following the same delightful path has been the greatest reward of aging.
Seeing my two children mature into adults whom I like and respect; Accepting that disappointments
in life also lead to new opportunities.
I am still married after 47 years to a man I love and love spending time with. My family is close. All
three daughters are in marriages that are good for them and live vibrant lives that include us. We have
eight grandchildren we see often. many family reunions. I think 'this is what it's all about'
Lucky and happy to have enjoyed nearly 50 years of marriage; Healthy adult children who turned
out to be very nice people.
Raising my son was what I have loved best since 1962.
Our children are our best friends—-kind, caring, interesting and funny.
Hanging out with grandchildren, who love to cook and do card tricks
Family and Friends
Living close enough to daughter and grandchildren to be part of one another's lives; having friends
who are there for each other, even after I moved farther from friends to be closer to family.
I have a wonderful family and a wonderful fellowship of friends, most of whom fall in the spiritual life
category.
Family especially grandchildren are top of my list.; I don't have much time for friends but I at least try
to let them know I care—I catch mostly light friendships where I can—at the health club, etc. I am still
regularly in touch 5 Radcliffe classmates and used to attend local meetings with Radcliffe classmates that
occurred regularly on weekends.
Family and Friends - we have worked hard to nurture and to keep vital - intergenerational
relationships. We never take these relationships for granted. Our faith life has had a strong social justice
component - very important to us.
In the workplace or at home friends and family are what make the day, reassure one or not, define
one, and certainly define one's life.
Family and friends definitely number one, but the friendships are part of the pleasure of my
professional and voluntary activities.
Family and Career
I have been happily married to the same man.; ; As a science teacher, I had a chance to play every
day.
Grandchildren; Starting a career at age 40 and another at age 65.
Having grandchildren has given me huge windows on love and opened up new forms of it and much
gratitude.; I continue to marvel at how satisfying it is to feel my competence in my work and to be open to
learning new ways to engage in it.
Seeing my children grow up to become lovely, productive adults.; My partnership with my 'significant
other' of 25 years, after a 17-year unsatisfying marriage.; Several great professional assignment, e.g.
working for Carter's Presidential Commission on World Hunger, running an anti-nuclear power public
interest organization, doing free-lance international evaluations with my partner, working for the Center for
American Progress in its first year.
My career included a middle of career doctorate and significant professional recognition with
opportunity for extensive travel; Eight grandchildren from ages 3 through 16, all residing in Israel, are the
focus of my family life.
career was and is experienced in a family setting and that has a whole set of challenges. We had
some hard years and they still somewhat outnumber the good years.
My children have been incomparable blessings throughout life.; My career choice of healthcare
resulted from an early spiritual decision.
Happily married for 37 years; Intellectually challenging work as a law professor.; Long-time ACLU
national and local board member, leader, and activist.; e.g., book reviews, op-eds, essays
A continuing, happy marriage to the same man. Three grown-up off-spring. Grandchildren - a great
surprise how satisfying this is. And teaching, in many guises, has been an enormously enjoyable and
very satisfying occupation, whether paid or voluntary.
With family here (in three parts of USA) and in Japan, both sides close, we've been lucky to share
many kinds of lives; Career —- never made much money but through I learned so much in dozens of
different areas.
I eventually found a kind of teaching that satisfies both my intellectual and spiritual desires. I have a
close family, including a close relationship with a grandchild
Never knew what fun being a grandparent could be. Am proud of and delighted with our two adult
children and our relationship with them. Photography has opened up a new world for me- learning and
seeing in new ways...
Family and Volunteering
I feel fortunate to have had (for 46 years) a spouse who is my best friend. My volunteer activities
have been my 'continuing education' as well as deeply satisfying.
Watching my three children grow up and become parents themselves; serving as a tour guide in a
large art museum
Still married to my wonderful spouse of 42 years! Two precious daughters. I am especially active in
an organization that supports women's education.
Raising wonderful children; improving the quality of hospital care, access and continuity
Family and Recreation
This is hardly necessary. I love my kids over anything else, am sorry my marriage fell apart, used up
my whole adult life in my medical career and suffered for it in spite of loving it, and now find most
satisfaction in playing and practicing the cello, alone, with my teacher, my community orchestra, and
music-making friends.
Raising children, and seeing them as adults in all their diversity, has been most satisfying - the day
to day satisfactions of surprise and delight in being with them even more than the formal celebrations of
milestones and familial rituals.; Camping in beautiful places, now especially that one can do so and still
enjoy connections and resources through technology, is extremely satisfying.
What can top family life: the struggles of getting along, the wonder of children as they grow into
adults and have their own families and the adjustments that come with age.; I rode a bike to grade school
and again in college. I rediscovered recreational cycling in my 40's., got my husband interested and we
have had numerous vacations focused on cycling.
Family, Friends, and Career
A second marriage that is emotionally rich and nourishing. Three children, all in happy marriages
and terrific parents, and engaged successfully in serious work. Friends, new and old. Fascinating work.
Family, Career, and Volunteering
My family has always been far and away the center of my life; my career is what helped me hold
things together; violin and chamber music were a deep source of satisfaction and fun; volunteer activities
are a recent addition to help stay 'connected' in retirement.
Editorial collective of journal.; Travel, including family reunions.; Forwarding policies I believe in.
Domestic life....particularly cooking and building and renovating houses.
Friends
It has been a pleasure to get to know classmates I did not know well in college, and find what a
grounding commonality it is to have shared that education.
Career
Working in the Massachusetts government in the late '60's was both exciting and rewarding. Then in
the late '70's, being in China at the opening up of the economy and the early signs of democracy.
Have done the work I wanted to do - design and build houses.
Living in Russia meant sending my children, aged 10, 9, & 5, to Russian school, learning another
language, meeting new friends—some under considerable pressure—being exposed to an entirely
different culture that was antithetical in some ways, much warmer and people-centered in others. It
changed my life. Being able to follow up on that experience through my executive directorship of ISAR:
the Initiative for Social Action and Renewal allowed me to grow in other new ways. I ran an organization,
hired young Russian-speaking Americans to work in offices throughout the FSU, traveled a great deal,
meeting people all over the world and managed large amounts of money from a variety of philanthropic
sources. The combination of opportunity and challenge was very rewarding.
I had a great time being a feminist social anthropologist in the 1970s and 80s.
I must be a perpetual student. I have enjoyed studying for my MBA, researching & writing reports on
the software industry for International Data Corp., studying the Education for Ministry program sponsored
by the Episcopal church, and now mentoring that program.
As a science writer I acted as a participant in and supporter of some of the exemplary activities of
humanity. Work done at the edge of knowledge and against the forces of reaction and barbarism is work
well done, and writing about it gave me the opportunity to exemplify one of my own principles: patiently
explain.
Teaching, for me, was more of an avocation, but one that was extraordinarily rewarding. I delight in
the laughter of students experiencing intellectual revelations and the sheer joy of learning.
Librarian, and now Archivist at National Radio Astronomy Observatory, beginning 1975. Chaired
committee to raise funds for grants allowing librarians from resource-poor countries to attend international
meetings in 1988, 1995, 1998, 2002, and 2006.; On Board of small independent school, chair our county
library advisory committee.
Career and Friends
Enjoyed archaeological excavation and teaching; Close friends from grade school through now.
Career and Volunteering
Career: playing church services, as substitute and directing a children's choir; now directing an
adult choir as substitute.
My teaching career brought me some wonderful moments, great classes, outstanding students. Not
every class was perfect every day, but there were more than enough good ones. Teaching Russian also
brought me a number of great opportunities for travel and for contributing to the field. One of note was
participation in an innovative email project that linked my school with a school in Moscow from 19881994. Another was being on the team that wrote the Russian-specific national standards for teaching
foreign language. And finally, the day WGBH filmed one of my classes as part of a project on standardsbased teaching.; As for Harvard-Radcliffe, I have enjoyed interviewing prospective admits to the college.
Radcliffe '62 reunions have been meaningful and memorable, as was a mini-reunion event in Santa Fe in
August 2010. I am looking forward to another trip with classmates, this time to France in late October.
Career and Recreation
Loved serving in local government; passionate about trying to advance the human rights of people
around the world; satisfaction in becoming a serious skier and biker and being in good physical shape.
Volunteering
My volunteer work over the last 12 years has been a confidence building and learning experience
with the added benefit of helping others.; ; By changing careers after 19 years, I opened myself to new
things.
Volunteer-Interviewing Harvard candidates, Girl Scouts, American Jewish Committee, giving tours of
local public radio/TV offices and the [] Performing Arts Center
Volunteer activities have led to interesting developments career-wise.
For 22 years we have devoted our spare time to working for equal rights for LGBTQ people,
particularly more recently, for marriage equality in California.
Serving on local governing boards
Volunteer work with other musicians - arranging activities for children’s' choirs was very satisfying.
Volunteering and Recreation
Not knowing otherwise how to classify travel and seeing the world, I'm calling it a recreational
activity.
Recreational: tennis, walking for exercise; swimming (salt water). Also, music - playing piano and
cello both. Volunteer: Board member of condominium bldg.; condo committees.
Editing some really good books.; volunteering in a NICU; learning to fly a plane
Enjoyed participating in village activities.
Recreation
Love to travel, with friends, and take classes and courses which I deem recreational...ongoing
learning critical
Recreational activities — especially music, theatre, arts
Spiritual Life
Spiritual life, inner; public service the outer expression of it. It's everything.
Spiritual life is very important, but faith is elusive.; Otherwise it would rank as #1.
All four of the above categories are united in my efforts to arrange the future transfer of our unique
country property — so that our Holy God, the Creator and Redeemer, will be honored by the people who
later enjoy and study it.
Harvard
These answers carry on for over nine pages! I moved up some comments which I thought were more
interesting, e.g., really different from me or not the usual kind of comment, two pages worth. If any of us
has led a fully normal life, it would be abnormal. Sorry, no subheads. OK, the Radcliffe section was edited
better. -editor
Like many other classmates, I was married relatively young and had children when I was barely adult
myself. But this proved advantageous—partly as a motivator to provide a comfortable life for the family
and as a liberating fact of life as the children left for college and we could travel or do whatever appealed
at the moment. Perhaps too often, what appealed to me was my career—I am compensated handsomely
for doing what I love (and would probably do for no compensation at all, just for the sheer pleasure of it).
My life to date has experienced three wives, five children and nine grandchildren. A lot has
happened to me.
I have greatly enjoyed working on the cold regions of the planet during a period of dramatic change.
Scary, but great fun!
I joined a men's group and received valuable advice I don't think I would have gotten any
other place. I also made a difference in a number of men's lives, much to my surprise.
I help to organize and facilitate men's retreats, men's and women's retreats. hiking the Inca Trail in
2000 was transformational. I am blessed to be very much in community here in Vermont.
Having surrendered to alcoholism in 1990, I have found extreme joy in living a spiritual life
that has elevated my feelings about almost everything positive, especially family and friends.
Many thrilling operatic performances: e.g., the debut of Birgitt Nilssen at the Metropolitan Opera in
New York around 1960, and performances in many European cities in the last 40 years. Exotic and
exciting travel experiences, of which the greatest, a trip to Antarctica in Dec. 2000-Jan. 2001, is perhaps
the supreme moment of my life.
Shifting from prosecution to farming at 39 produced a degree of illumination and participation
that occasionally became fully spiritual. Having two grandsons to help chase sheep around, to go
through births and deaths and all the rest is joy.
Independent travel and bird watching over the entire world has enabled me to look forward to every
new day.
Learning ancient Greek, visiting China and studying Chinese culture, participating in study
groups on classical literature, on Proust, on Shakespeare, on Joyce, and many other great
authors.
Public education policy was my career focus. The platform I worked from was the school boards'
association for the state of []. Though now retired that public service resulted in my appointment to the
Board of Trustees for the state school for the deaf. Deaf education is now engaging my attention and we
are seeing considerable progress in that arena. In retirement my wife and I have gathered a small art
collection and creating art objects is my passion. I work principally in wood, though often incorporate a
variety of materials in my work.
I tried several careers moderately successfully but finally found one that combined
reasonable pay, interesting and worthwhile work and overseas travel. I was best paid when I was
doing almost nothing of social value and worst paid when I was doing the most.
Elective and appointed offices, civil rights activism, advocacy for civil liberties, raising four children,
keeping good friendships
I cannot imagine life without jogging and singing. Mathematics is not what I *do* —- it informs
my every thought and action.
Very satisfying sex life with my wife of 47 years
Professional: increasing understanding of how the economy works, both the sources and
cures for business cycles and also the subtle process of long-term economic growth. [I want to
know this; please fill me in. –Sherman Lewis, editor]
There was an unexpected, and amazing feeling of 'completion' when I'm with my grandchildren.
Music has always been at the center of my being, so getting back to it has been like a rebirth. As has
been my second marriage.
Getting sober, coming out, raising a daughter, being in a long-term relationship with a man,
and receiving training in Buddhist approaches to living and dying - all these have been
tremendously rewarding experiences.
Though I get particular joy these days from interaction with a four-year-old granddaughter, my career
in public service was focused on the same issues that occupy my current attention as a volunteer now —
how in this world of limits we can figure out how to allocate resources fairly, sustainably, and with
intergenerational equity.
Understanding another language and culture. Managing a company in Japan
The field of psychology continually unfolded learning/discovery/growth opportunities, whether in
official settings or everyday life. Of course, there was a price to be paid ('Yes, but it hurts to learn.'). that in
itself became interesting. Also, sophomore-year discussion of the elements of Structuralism, as explained
to me by classmate [], eventually proved surprisingly fruitful.
Determining how much grain the Soviet Union really grew, when they traded our grain for exit
visas. Determining how advanced certain countries were to creating an atomic bomb.
Family: my wife and I share a lifelong passion for music. She's a professional pianist, teacher, &
accompanist. Career: I've gone through several, and enjoyed them all. Now at age 70 I'm working more
than ever, and doing some of my best work. I've returned to my favorite career - college teaching.
Have had incredibly great families (2 wives died of cancer) 3 children, 2 step children, and 5
granddaughters. [] has been driven by curiosity and a passion for learning. Am in my 5th career
iteration and going strong. Failed retirement 11 years ago, and doing some of the most important
work of my life today .and tomorrow.
Developing a later life passion for the visual arts resulting in becoming chair of an excellent art
museum
Contributing to the world-wide development of the use of computer simulation of complex
systems for theory building and policy analysis. [I want to know this also; please fill me in. –Sherman
Lewis, editor]
Teaching, watching my students take off. Working closely with an academic colleague and best
friend of more than thirty five years.
Fatherhood was, and is, one of the most satisfying experiences of my life.
I consider public service and volunteer activities same category. Helped institute and grow state wide
use of mediation and alternative ways to resolve disputes outside of court. Watched children grow up to
be responsible, caring, and engaged adults contributing to society.
I was an honest federal executive, and I think I accomplished important things with the tax
payers’ dollars.
After a brief, failed marriage, I have been very happily married for 36 years to my wife, gaining two
step-sons and having a son of our own. Grandchildren are now arriving. Nothing has been more
important. I have been privilege to teach at first-rate universities with splendid students from whom I have
learned immensely. and they have given me ample reason to believe that I played an important role in
their formation as teachers and scholars.
Nothing can surpass having one wonderful daughter. My best students' best work has
brought real satisfaction.
My two marriages, one to a woman, the next to a man. continuing very close relationship with my
former wife
Deepening appreciation of family and closest friends as I get older. Volunteer activities
primarily with Harvard University, other outlets for community and international service.
Entrepreneurial career rocky but innovative and fun though not the homerun I had hoped for.
Spiritual life has gone through many stages, such as intellectual inquiry to more faithful prayerbased participation, and gets stronger as I get older.
Service. I found keeping men and women infection-free was really important. I directed a number of
family planning/contraceptive distribution and AIDS prevention programs in Africa and Haiti. We were
successful. Even though, I was a lowly condom salesman, I managed to raise awareness, get people to
use condoms and to practice safe sex.
I set up a partnership with a professional lobbyist in 1981 to raise large amounts of federal
money for investment in scientific and technical projects at universities and medical centers in
the USA. Over 20+ years we secured earmarks (grants) for Tufts, Boston University, Columbia,
Brown, Northwestern and about 20 others of about $3,000,000,000 in grant investment dollars for
excellent projects at these universities and medical centers. I got the clients and my partner did
the lobbying (with a little help from me on the lobbying front).
Helping to remake the writing of history from a social history perspective with new emphasis on
issues of gender and race. helping to push institutions and government toward more inclusiveness
-I've always wanted to be 'the best in the world' at what I did for a living. According to industry polls, I
succeeded.
Living fairly near to all three daughters and grandchildren. Major turnaround in 1995 when Christ
came into my life. Still working fulltime after all these years!
#1, Blessed with a happy marriage and loyal son. #2, Organized and chair a taxable family
foundation that benefits family members. unites the generations. preserves our ancestral history. and
observes fun traditions, such as a 'Clan Hoot' in honor of our ice-age mascot, [].
Family times together at home, at summer home or travelling. Family reunions. Volunteering with
organizations started by close friends (or classmates).
Nephrology was a wise and rewarding choice of careers. I've been active physically and always
involved in Church activities. I could have been a better husband and friend
Created a specific funding mechanism for independent oil companies embodied in a firm now called
[]. found the first and largest tomb in the Valley of the Kings since King Tut-[]-utilizing modern geophysical
techniques thereby revolutionizing archeological exploration. created best tidal turbine
Surprised everyday by someone's conduct for good or ill
For 30 years, my career WAS Harvard, so columns 3 and 7 are interchangeable.
helping raise a daughter, with all that entails. delving into interesting subjects as a scholar.
I've enjoyed both research and teaching. The research is beginning to have an effect on education.
The teaching included a stint as program director and I believe we together developed a substantially
better than average education program.
The most satisfying aspect is to be in love with the grandmother of my grandchildren. A career that
allowed me to be helpful to young people
Recreational activities include: travel, museums and galleries, listening to classical music, walking,
reading history, biography and fiction. Volunteer activities include serving on my local Community Board
where I am on the Landmarks Preservation Committee and the Land Use Committee.
I've had an interesting series of quite different jobs. Serving on the board of varied non-profits has
been a wonderful education.
Learned to ski late - hoping to get into the 80's club.
Family has been the one unifying element for the past fifty years.
My career has been one long adventure, or actually many different adventures, which is what life
should be.
My career has its successes and disappointments, but family and my faith has been the rock that
allows me to keep an even keel.
My three grandchildren nail down Family as number 1.
Marrying [] in 1977, my wife of 34 years — best move I ever made. I enjoyed preaching and
teaching.
I have served on several boards, including two international agencies addressing hunger and related
issues in poor countries. Since retirement, I have been on the Conservation Commission in [] NH, with 2
1/2 years as chair. My association with extremely dedicated and able people working to promote the
common good has enriched my life to an extraordinary degree.
Nothing brings me greater happiness than my marriage, our children, and our grandchildren.
Watching my two sons being born were the most exciting and spiritual moments in my life. Seeing
them grow older and doing wonderful things in independent lives is a great joy. I have been lucky to be
married to a lovely, intelligent, humorous woman. She happens also to be a Harvard graduate.
Career: Recognition through various awards, e.g., national best Ph. D. dissertation award and
national teaching and mentoring award in field. Family/friends: getting marriage right the second time,
while keeping original family close.
Raised two sons, now doting on two grandsons. Have consistently volunteered for community, arts,
social service organizations. For past several years, have been a volunteer Math tutor at local High
School. Have travelled extensively to interesting destinations,
Satisfaction comes more from balancing the parts so the whole is bigger than the sum, and is limited
by one's inherent ability to be satisfied in the first place. Satisfaction can come and go, and, like
happiness, is probably not something to focus on, but to remember from time to time.
Had a very satisfying newspaper career of almost 40 years, highlighted by establishing and running
the largest post-graduate newspaper internship program in the country. Also take great pride in helping
my mentally challenged daughter to become a useful, productive and happy individual.
Personal and professional achievements in building a successful company and serving in top
leadership positions on industry organizations.
Children and grandchildren have been great. I have close and long-term friends, both in the US and
Australia.
Serving on various city and state committees, boards, etc. has made me think I have made a
difference, if only in a small way.
Rewards after trials. Second marriage harmonious and fulfilling after many years of aggravating
adaptations. Career ongoing and engrossing just when it was officially over.
Family: a wonderful 37 year second marriage, successfully blending two families. close greater
family all here in []. Career: built and sold a successful business. continue in the same field on my own
terms. Volunteer: have found I can contribute leadership and help guide good organizations to greatness.
Recreation: My wife and I enjoy worldwide travel to view and photograph wildlife and support wildlife
conservation.
With 4 children and 11 grandchildren, half of whom are nearby, we spend a lot of time with family,
always with good times. As to my career, I still enjoy the practice of law and continue my work on a part
time basis.
Loving my wife [] as we both grew and changed. Leading educational institutions designed to help
young people develop strong values during years of profound social change. developing an appreciation
for the beauties of nature.
Family and friends at the end of the day are what make like fulfilling. I did OK in my career, but
without family and friends that would be meaningless. I have very much enjoyed participating in a great
variety of recreational activities, and I have been a lifelong volunteer with organizations that I have felt
particularly strong about.
Having two sons. Then having two grandchildren. Also having great friends at work.
My work—I'm not going to say what it is—puts me in daily contact with a field that I love.
was in the Foreign Service and loved living and working overseas. and as I get older family and
friends become more important.
The most satisfying activity is spending time with my wife, [], here or exploring France.
Federal Prosecutor is quite squarely public service. Bar Association and other related activities
amplifies.
Music (performing & attending musical events). Travel. Nature. Reading
We were lucky that both our children developed well with no big problems. Still working in my original
job after military service
My family at all levels has given me enormous pleasure and satisfaction throughout my life, with
blessedly bumps in that road! I've enjoyed two separate but related careers. After a very satisfying thirtyplus years practicing law, I became a 'professional trustee' for a large and diverse family. It's the best job I
ever had.
Loving family. wife [] of 48 years. 3 wonderful children and spouses, 7 grandchildren known as
'Magnificent Seven'. . Have loved becoming a photographer in my retired life
Although not clear when I first got it, I did land a satisfactory job (professor at a regional state
university) that I kept for 33 years. My avocations of philately and numismatics have proven profitable,
although writing books about them much less so. Some very good personal friends, mostly within a few
miles of my place of employment in [] PA. I enjoy travel and have done a great deal of it.
Family: [] and I have a ball with our grown daughters [], [], [], their spouses [], [], []. and their offspring
[] and [] (twins), [], []. Languages are a source of fun around here, as everyone loves their
mother/grandmother's French, especially the songs we all try to sing with her (the favorite, known to all, is
the [] family's celebratory chant 'un deux trois quatre cinq. PSSSHHIT!!' . [] (from Arequipa Peru) and []
keep our Español tuned also.
Professionally - Started my career in the infancy of satellite navigation (Transit, NNSS) for
submarines and ended my career with the operational applications of GPS to civilian and military needs. I
was able to participate and contribute to the development of this widely used technology.
I have been blessed with a lovely family which includes my wonderful wife of almost 40 years and
three beautiful children who continue to make positive contributions to society each in her or his own way.
Making chance friends on travel, both US and abroad. Finding in a book group the same agnostic
spiritual views as I developed. Giving outdoor experiences to my three girls.
[] and I have 13 grandchildren between us. For many years she has been doing Grandma week,
where we look after a bevy of kids. They decide on the activities, the foods to eat, when to go to bed, how
to spend their Grandma week moneys, etc.
My career has brought me in contact with a wide range of interesting ideas and people.
My career and my family are one - my wife and I are professors who co-direct a research group.
Traveling with spouse and children on family vacations.
Serving as 'Horizon Expander' to grandchildren. leading several public organizations through crisis or
challenge.
I live for my family — wife, children, grandchildren. That's who I want to spend time with and that's
who I want to be close to.
Have created a small niche for myself, and am recognized as the leader in this field throughout the
country. . Have a long-term loving second wife as companion, have watched two sons pursue gratifying
careers, and have four grandchildren.
I love my family, and I have great friends. Although emeritized 20 years ago, I am active, with
friends, in research in astrophysics.
Family and Friends has emerged much more as I got older. Career helped me to combine many
interests (intellectual as well as religious and vocational)
Wonderful marriage, fine family, good friends and colleagues
great pride in accomplishments of my four children. . practicing Medical Oncology has been very
challenging and rewarding
Very fortunate with 'partner wife', appreciative and loving kids, wonderful friends, good health, a
challenging, rewarding and enjoyable business career in a highly ethical environment. The Harvard
experience has caused me to question personal and societal values which I find constantly interesting
and often enormously frustrating.
I never placed a top priority on making money, and instead, I worked on business and volunteer
activities which excited me. Financial success came along with the ride.
There is so much to learn about life and the marvel-full world, it can soothe many pains.
1) Given the 27 year age spread between my oldest and youngest child, I've always had children at
home - a great luxury that keeps one young. 3) So far I've managed to avoid any major injuries or
illnesses which has allowed me to continue to indulge in most of my athletic passions even at 71.
gratifying to have professional recognition
family: still married to same woman (married []). two children. grandchildren. friends: many I've
known for years. career: publishing two books, writing, reading, thinking
Professional: built large previously unknown computer systems. Recreational: coached (worked hard
to do this) some good youth sports teams
Our younger daughter (who lives abroad) and her entire family (including two daughters) live with us
each summer. I have been a member of a town capital budget committee.
1. having two grand-daughters. 2.remaining in touch with so many people I have known all over the
world professionally, or from school and college
My career has been very satisfying. Although I have a wonderful home life, I cannot recall a single
day that I didn't looked forward to going to work. There were just so many new and interesting things to
discover.
Family: Loving, competent wife, great mother to children. Career: co-founded a company that gained
national and international respect, and received 'lifetime contributions' award for the effort.
1. Spouse (50 years), children and grandchildren, and Harvard roommates. 2. Volunteering with
youth hockey—from coaching to administrative, local and national.
I have a wonderful wife, children and grandchildren, home, and friends. This is the best time of my
life. I love retirement. I had a demanding and rewarding career, especially the last half of it in government
service.
I have a wonderful wife, most important, and two wonderful children and five wonderful
grandchildren. I have had two reasonably successful, happy careers.
Chaired Dept. of ObGyn, ran an ObGyn Residency program, served on residency education national
committees, served on ObGyn national committees
encouraging and helping my children to pursue their interests as they find them. leading the
development and growth of new business ventures and helping people achieve their dreams about
improving the world.
(1) public service: served as chair of NASA advisory committees, and a member of committees that
helped set long-term policy for the astronomical community. . (2) have an active an ongoing career as a
photographer, co-authoring 5 books, and continuing an active schedule of exhibitions
Mainly, teaching, especially really good students that I can mentor 1-on-1
I have had a chance to lead some things and play a pivotal role in the development of certain
institutions. That has been meaningful. I have also had a chance to guide some kids at crucial times in
their lives and have lived long enough to know that, for some, it really made a difference.
Relationships with friends and loved ones are my principal source of joy, humor, and sense of wellbeing. I enjoy cooking good meals for and entertaining friends and family. . I have found particularly
satisfying having some successes in influencing policy development and safety-related regulatory reform
[] on nuclear safety []. These days, I enjoy a return to a hobby of my youth: building and flying stick-andtissue, rubber powered, free-flight scale model airplanes. This has remarkably diverse rewards:
craftsmanship, art, engineering, research and development, comradeship and amiable competition with
others in the hobby. . Sharing foreign travel with my wife and friends is particularly rewarding, too.
All four kids are alive and well. . Career ended well, with enough money to retire on, a rare event
these days.
An unanticipated and lovely second marriage after being widowed in 2000, the closeness of friends,
and a very rewarding professional career.
I spent a fulfilling career as a musician: arranging/composing/conducting/playing the . piano. I was
able to move where I wanted to live: [], where I was born. . I am very close to my sister and her son, who
live with me. I loved hiking in the hills. behind [].
The character of my children and grandchildren seem more important in the world view of our
species than anything else I've done. . I singlehandedly developed a bar coding system for collecting
production data that was my greatest professional accomplishment.
I have had a successful career in theoretical physics — playing a key. role in the development of a
promising approach to a unified theory of. particles and forces called ``superstring theory''.
I loved my career on Wall Street and in London as a Financial Analyst. I also was a consultant in
Investor Relations and that was a lot of fun.
Career was great while it lasted, but ended prematurely.
Family - My wife's Dutch family - one could not ask for a better set of in-laws. Recreational - Climbed
all of Colorado's 54 14'ers (14,000 or higher peaks)
Volunteer: 12 Step. Recreation and Friends: prior to marriage
I've been involved from early stages in a number of successful companies, including MasterCard,
Cirrus, the ATM network, and eHarmony, the relationship company. Many of my mentees have been
instrumental in creating successful companies and industries.
My two sons are the pride of my life. My career was quite satisfying, but I'm happy to be retired.
A career in public service is ideal.
I enjoy seeing my words in print.
My wife, sons, and grandchildren are very important to me - and are the only aspect of my life that
mattered more than my profession did. I hope I was able to find the right proportion between my work and
family, but the competition for attention was hard - and I'm sure I got it wrong sometimes in the direction
of work.
Successful work as a neutral resolving complex business disputes has given me great satisfaction.
Preaching. praying the Daily Office. My mother's memory. her great-grandchildren
My career has been most satisfying. Challenging, productive, effective.
I helped incorporate two non-profit organizations and served on their boards of directors. I cooked
one meal a week at a LGBTQ youth drop-in center. I preside once a month at the Eucharist of the local
Integrity chapter.
My career enabled me to travel, which I enjoyed. In the end, it's what you leave behind that counts,
and that is children and the positive results of your work and volunteer activities.
Career: Inventing new ways to think about China and its contemporary development
I am blessed with a 48-year marriage, three wonderful daughters, three equally wonderful sons-inlaw, and six extraordinary grandchildren, now almost 2 to 10.
Family — discrete specifics pale in comparison to the overall experience of having a wonderful wife
and children. Professional — opportunity to work within and across the diffuse boundaries between
physics, materials science, electronic & optical engineering, and chemistry, in often exciting fields and
with first-rate colleagues and associates. Recreational — choral singing, birding, and natural history.
I taught in executive education programs for government officials and other professionals in China,
India, Singapore, Indonesia, South Africa, and elsewhere.
I spend a lot of time in Jewish learning activities and participating in various groups in my
synagogues.
My teaching career has also been very rewarding, and I will miss it in retirement.
Career: around 4000 deliveries, never having lost a baby during labor. Family: 48 year marriage to
wonderful German who has opened me up to European life, history and her family-although, sadly, I still
don't speak German. Volunteer: Civic return to children is what it is all about for me in retirement.
Recreational activities: singing with church choirs and small Renaissance choruses. becoming
something of a dilettante musicologist. composing and hearing some of my works performed. Career:
retired after 30 years' with the federal government, the last 18 in the best job I ever had. Spiritual Life:
found my way back to God. Family & friends: five wonderful grandchildren, and another on the way.
Profession was a complete bummer. I was a lawyer and, particularly in the later years, it was nothing
but fighting — nobody ever tried to work anything out. Of course I had fun doing the research, reading,
and writing, but the judges were — by and large — dunces.
Volunteer at Lincoln Center, NY, 1992-2011. Career in college textbook publishing, W. W. Norton &
St. Martin's Press.
Public service: chair of municipal and state bodies. Professional: teaching at []
Career - managing teams & people quite satisfying. Teaching & academia a great interlude, but
there's a discipline in the for profit world that's lacking (for worse) in academia. recreation - Into mountain
climbing. Love the air, scenery, & peaceful views at altitude.
My wife and I have been very active in advocacy and support for people with intellectual disabilities.
(We have a son who has Down syndrome.) We have devoted a great deal of time to this, have held
several leadership positions, and we've learned a tremendous amount and made many close friends as a
result.
absorbing work and loving family have sustained me through my recent diminished health.
Having spent much of my adult life in foreign countries and different cultures, I have grown to look
forward to and enjoy learning the ways, beliefs and behaviors of people not raised in the American idiom.
1: Children and, now, grandchildren. 2: Work in health/hospital settings in SE Asia and Australia. 3:
Bushwalking and flying
career - physician, cardiologist. recreation: singing with the Worcester Chorus, some pops but many
choral masterworks
Hiking and fishing with wife, children, and now grandchildren. Board service: at one point I was
helping to advance/preserve music education, historic churches, science teaching, and Shakespeare
scholarship.
I've traveled extensively in Europe and Asia, always on a shoestring, always vigorously engaged
with the people and the places.
Children and grandchildren a great pleasure. Starting a charter school is also satisfying.
contacts with friends of increasing importance as years go by. Have started mini-reunions with
Harvard roommates and close high school friends. Source of great pleasure.
Career= teaching, discussing shared interests and problems with colleagues (which shades over into
friends and family).
AS Freud put it, love and work are the things that matter.
Worked as architect for 2 internationally known architects and had the opportunity to design a
prominent building as part of Boston's Quincy Market
School Board. Library Board. teaching at a Senior Computer Center
Loved teaching at [] and other institutions. Travelling broadened the lives of my children, my wife,
and myself.
Feel very, very fortunate about the choices I have made in these categories.
It's nice to enjoy one's career, and then to get some professional recognition for what one has
accomplished.
children, helping patients
Had a satisfying and long 15 year run as a university president, helping to build it in stature and
effectiveness. was an elected public official for 11 years in a job I loved, and in which I was successful.
have always enjoyed those occasions in which, as teacher and professor, I could influence student lives
for the better. love the outdoor recreational opportunities that are easy to reach and enjoy
2 girls, 2 boys, college grads all, 3 with post grad degrees, all healthy with jobs. Five grandchildren.
I have had good and lasting friendships, some stemming from work, others from college days-these
have been a motivating force. . Having a rather diverse and international professional life has provided an
essential stimulus-I would have not been satisfied with a more 'stable' career
My two sons, now Harvard men both, my daughter, my stepson, and among them so far, my seven
grandchildren, give me by far the most joy and spiritual satisfaction. Through them, I am connected to the
future and I care for them in most of my free time.
Enjoy dining in or out, boating, playing bridge or poker with friends and family. At work enjoy making
discoveries and being cited. Enjoy taking care of house and grounds in MD, VA and a lake house in OH.
Enjoy trips up and down the James River past the great houses of the FFV, some inhabited by the 11th
generation, where the past isn't even past.
At age 35 I had cancer which was cured. I restructured my life to spend more time with my family. As
a result, I was able to participate with my sons in their activities, resulting in great relationships with both
of them. It was a turning point in my life.
I married the 'right' woman
I never would have imagined that I would become a visual artist.
Wonderful wife. proud as peaches of three great children who have outstanding careers and families
of their own. law practice in the 'golden age of corporate law' with a perfect firm (for me). raised family on
the four S's — Sailing, Skiing (for life sports) and Skating (hockey) and Soccer for team sports. Cruised
every summer for 17 years with family.
My wonderful wife and partner of 48 years. The continual surprise of my successful careers. the
discovery that others value my opinions and help.
Very proud of spouse, children, and grandchildren, as well as of my mother who took control of her
own life from widowhood at age 69 to her death at 94. Favorite recreational activity has been travel with []
and friends in Italy and France, starting in 1994.
My career in the academic and foundation world has allowed me to affect other people's lives, and
even to change some of them. Nothing more satisfying that that!
innovation / self-reliance / the joyful aspects of love
1. Coming from a war-torn country(Korea) to America, where I met my new family,. got an education
and eventually built my own clan of 9. 2. Throughout my life in America I was helped by so many people,
beginning with my. adoptive family, that I feel a divine hand had to be THE reason.
The founding of the journal 'Twenty-First Century' bimonthly
Enjoyed thinking, teaching students how to think. Enjoyed contemplating what my life should be.
Career: Biomedical research and biblical studies
Original research, inventions
In my career I switched from banking to a startup company which had developed a better way to
measure corporate credit risk, which was a rewarding and successful switch.
My marriage and birth of my son. My [] colleagues selecting me as a commission president. The
widespread acceptance of my star catalogs over a 20 year period. Arranged for four of the Tuskegee
Airmen to give a Black History Month Program at the US Naval Observatory.
the joy of family times together,. the satisfactions of helping families at their times of joy and sorrow
(weddings and. funerals)
My wife is the guiding force in my life. She provides the focus of everything I do!
Working with, and helping others, clients, associates, children
My wife is my partner and closest friend. . She doesn't mind that I am a nut about sports — sailing,
skiing, motorcycling
My second marriage began late. I was in my forties when our two children were. born.
Community - As a choral musician and director, audience member and board member of a
community music school, as a founder and leader in the development of a law firm and private law
practice, as an active member of a Christian congregation and participant in the church at large, and as a
husband and father, brother, grandfather, cousin and uncle, . my life has been driven by the discovery of
and participation in communities that formed around my passions.
Family and friends: When I married my wife she had 3 children from her first marriage and I had 2
from mine. We became a blended family — with all the concomitant positives and negatives. However,
the experience has been a most satisfying one for me.
For recreation, I enjoy alpine skiing, and my son, [] and I have gone every year for the past few years
to Mammoth Mountain in California for several days. Also, we have gone horse packing into the Sierra
several times which we love.
Paid to work on my hobby
These interact and reinforce each other in a remarkable way, since they are dominated by
experiential learning and growth.
intellectual life has been extremely satisfying—research, reading, lecturing, solving problems in
many different areas, not just my professorial duties
Have really enjoyed involvement in financial markets, which really require one to be a bit of a
historian, geographer, philosopher, political commentator, etc.
My career as a judge is also a form of public service, so both categories apply.
Our Town lives on the contributions of volunteers - public service is like a religion to me.
1. During illness in 1998 - the incredible uplift received from family/friend support - kept me alive!!. 2.
Career-international tours, and work in South Vietnam with AID - very strong, impactful experiences
Found a wonderful partner in life. Served in combat and connected with community through many
volunteer activities. Enjoyed teaching and learning
A blended family - 7 children between [] and me, most are married, 8 grandkids - 21 in all. Plus my 4
surviving sibs, plus totally wonderful lifelong friends. We pursue our own lives, of course, but the matrix of
family and friends stretches from Moscow west to Hawaii. Very present.
Relationships with wife and kids. literature, theatre, music, and adult courses.
1. Saving a life in desperate circumstances. 2. Watching my children grow up and having their own
adventures. 3. Beating Jonny Adler in squash. 4. If possible, not forgetting the Sabbath
2. Singing (mostly works of J.S. Bach) for 37 years as a member of the Blanche Moyse Chorale has
been a profoundly spiritual experience. . 4. Singing, since my retirement, as a member of Hallowell (a
Hospice-linked bedside singing group) has given me an opportunity to use my choral-singing experience
for the benefit of the terminally ill and dying.