"A lot of us owe a great deal of where we are in life to the education we received at Kenyon," says Harvey K. Lodish, 1962, one of the nation's foremost researchers in the study of cell membrane proteins.

A biology professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lodish directs a research lab of thirty Ph.Ds, medical doctors, graduate students, and undergraduates at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, a private institute affiliated with MIT. His team studies several receptor and transport proteins on human cells that are important in the development of diseases such as cancer and diabetes and that control the formation of red blood cells.

Despite his busy schedule, Lodish continues to set aside time for Kenyon. A trustee since 1989, he helped plan the College's new science facilities, endowed a faculty position in the sciences, and has offered steady support for the research-based education that enables students at Kenyon to collaborate with their professors, using state-of-the-art equipment.

He also shares Kenyon memories with the fellow alumni in his family-his brother, Leonard M. Lodish, Class of 1965; his daughter, Heidi Lodish Steinert, Class of 1989; and his son‑in‑law, Eric C. Steinert , Class of 1989.