This newly established professorship at Harvard Medical School was celebrated on Dec. 3, 2024, in recognition of the benefactor’s generosity and the achievements of its inaugural incumbent.

By Randy Fox
Frederick W. Alt, PhD, left, and George D. Yancopoulos, MD, PhD, center, celebrate with Taekjip Ha, PhD. Image: Gretchen Ertl

Frederick W. Alt, PhD, and George D. Yancopoulos, MD, PhD, joined colleagues and guests at HMS to celebrate the George D. Yancopoulos, MD, PhD Professorship in honor of Frederick W. Alt, PhD. Taekjip Ha, PhD, of Boston Children’s Hospital, was recognized as the inaugural incumbent. Following Alt’s retirement, this professorship will be renamed the George D. Yancopoulos, MD, PhD and Frederick W. Alt, PhD Professorship.

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An appointment to an endowed professorship—the highest honor Harvard Medical School can bestow on a faculty member—recognizes extraordinary clinicians, researchers, and educators at HMS or one of its affiliate institutions.