Books by Alumni: Biography and letters

Howard Wesley Johnson, AM'47, Holding the Center: Memoirs of a Life in Higher Education (MIT Press). In his memoir, Johnson--president emeritus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology--recounts his challenges in leading MIT during the turbulent 1960s and 1970s.

Rose M. Kim, AB'90, and Pyong Gap Min, editors, Struggle for Ethnic Identity: Narratives by Asian American Professionals (AltaMira Press). These autobiographical essays trace the development of first-- and second--generation Asian Americans through the formation of their ethnic identities, professional careers, and struggles with dichotomies caused by being both Asian and American.