Brandeis Magazine
In Good Company
Nearly 80 distinguished alumni have received the Alumni Achievement Award since its inception in 1988. Here are just a few of the recipients.
Founder of the Posse Foundation, a college-access and scholarship program for underrepresented students.
The university’s first graduating class, who earned the only Alumni Achievement Award given to a group.
Massachusetts Superior Court judge who served as both the first and the highest-ranking Black woman in the state judiciary.
Former New York Times book and theater critic who won the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 1995.
Executive producer and co-creator of the sitcom “Friends.”
Legendary record producer and manager noted for his work with Bruce Springsteen.
Fencer who became the university’s first Olympic athlete, winning a silver medal in the men’s sabre at the 2008 Summer Games.
Two-time vice president of Kenya.
Pioneering professor, scholar, and critic whose work helped shape the field of African American literary studies and Black feminist theory.
Nobel Prize-winning scientist whose research laid the groundwork for the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines.