![Prof. Melissa Franklin introduces the celebration in Jefferson lab 250. Profs. Howard Georgi and Cumrun Vafa look on.](/sites/g/files/omnuum6476/files/styles/hwp_21_9__1920x825/public/2025-05/IMG_1588.jpg?h=aafa0f44&itok=Op5ZP-qh) 

 



 

#  Howard Georgi Retirement Celebration 

 





Prof. Howard Georgi is retiring after *six decades* in the Harvard Physics Department. On May 13, 2025, colleague and friends of Howard's came together to celebrate his contributions to high-energy physics and to Harvard and wish him a happy retirement:

**PROGRAM**

*Welcome*

**Melissa Franklin**, Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics, Harvard University   
**Cumrun Vafa**, Chair, Department of Physics; Hollis Professor of Mathematicks & Natural Philosophy, Harvard University

*Stories about Howard Georgi*

**Sheldon Glashow**, Higgins Professor of Physics, Emeritus, Harvard University   
**Barbara Grosz**,\* Higgins Professor of Natural Sciences, Emerita, Harvard University   
**Logan McCarty**, Associate Dean of Science Education; Lecturer on Chemistry and Chemical Biology; Lecturer on Physics; Phi Beta Kappa Treasurer, Harvard University   
**Judith Murciano**, Associate Director, OPIA; Director of Fellowships, Harvard Law School; Former Resident Dean of Leverett House   
**Peter Galison**, Joseph Pellegrino University Professor; Director, Black Hole Initiative, Harvard University   
**David Morin**, Senior Lecturer on Physics; Former Co-Director of Undergraduate Studies, Harvard University   
**Marlyn McGrath**, Director of Admissions, Harvard College (Retired)   
**Paul Hegarty**, Building Manager, Eliot House, Harvard University   
**Sheila Kannappan**,\* Professor of Physics & Astronomy, Emerita, University of North Carolina   
**Susannah Tobin**, Ezra Ripley Thayer Senior Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School; Former Leverett House Resident Tutor   
**Edward Farhi**, Principal Scientist, Google; Cecil & Ida Green Professor of Physics, Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology   
**Josh Reyes**, Former Leverett House Committee Co-Chair   
**Elizabeth Simmons**, Executive Vice Chancellor; Distinguished Professor of Physics, University of California San Diego   
**Bilal Malik**,\* Associate Professor of Education; Associate Dean of Students, Lahore University of Management Sciences; Former Leverett House Resident Dean   
**David B. Kaplan**,\* Professor of Physics; Senior Fellow, Institute for Nuclear Theory, University of Washington   
**Catherine Shapiro**, Assistant Dean for Student Support; Senior Resident Dean, Harvard University; Former Leverett House Resident Dean   
**Harry Lewis**, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science, Emeritus; Former Dean of Harvard College; Harvard College Class of 1968   
**David Politzer**,\* Richard Chace Tolman Professor of Theoretical Physics, California Institute of Technology   
**Lauren Brandt**, Associate Dean of Students, Harvard College; Former Leverett House Faculty Dean   
**Helen R. Quinn**,\* Professor of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Emerita, Stanford University  
**Alvaro De Rujula**,\* old friend of Howard's   
**Lisa Randall**, Frank B. Baird, Jr. Professor of Science, Harvard University   
**Peter Dong**,\* Science Faculty, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

*Closing Remarks*

**Howard Georgi**, Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics, Harvard University

  
*Download program pdf*

\* *indicates speaker joining remotely*



 

May 15, 2025