Harvard Foundation Portraiture Committee Members: S. Allen Counter, Director, the Harvard Foundation Sandra Naddaff, Dean of the Harvard Summer School John E. Dowling, Professor of Neurosciences Ali Asani, Professor Indo-Muslim Religion and Cultures Benedict H. Gross, Professor of Mathematics David L. Evans, Senior Admissions Officer, Harvard College Kenneth R. Manning, Professor of Rhetoric and History of Science, MIT Paula Pinkston, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Robin Gottlieb, Professor of Mathematics Thomas Kelly, Professor of Music Tom Conley, Professor of Romance Languages Emily Driscoll, Collections Administrator, Harvard Art Museums Steve Coit ’71, Harvard Foundation Portraiture Artist Acknowledgements: The students and faculty of the Harvard Foundation gratefuly acknowledge the support of the Harvard Foundation Portraiture Project by the Office of the President of Harvard University and the Office of the Dean of Harvard College.
The Harvard Foundation chose Stephen Coit ‘71 as its portrait artist after a lengthy selection process in 2003. Previously, Mr. Coit was a high tech executive, successful entrepreneur and venture capitalist before taking on a second career as a full-time portraitist in 1996. In addition to having created over twenty works for Harvard, Coit’s portraits of college presidents and other distinguished individuals are in the collections of Lesley University, Tufts University, and Saint Andrews University in Scotland. All images are reproduced with the permission of the artist, Stephen Coit ’71. All rights reserved.