The Harriman Institute

Russian, Eurasian, and Eastern European Studies at Columbia

Institute Director Philip E. Mosely examining an issue of "The Current Digest of the Soviet Press" with assistant editor Fred Holling in 1953Prealpes (1971). Photograph by Horst Tappe
People
Alumni
The Harriman Institute is proud of its alumni who have gone on to positions in government, academia, business, NGO's, human rights groups and other ventures.

These are just a few of our many distinguished alumni. Please visit this page often for a different sample.

Selected alumni of The Harriman Institute
Catharine Nepomnyashchy

RI ‘78
Director, Harriman Institute, Columbia University (On leave, 2005-2006)
Ann Whitney Olin Professor of Russian Literature & Chair, Slavic Department, Barnard College

Franklin E. Gill

RI '59
Former Research Professor of Law
The University of New Mexico School of Law

"The experience of working closely with scholars such as John Hazard, Philip Mosely and Henry Roberts was indeed a highlight of my life and provided, I believe, a solid basis for my work in various aspects of international law and relations in later years."

Jack F. Matlock Jr.

RI ‘52
Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton
US Ambassador to the Soviet Union, 1987-1991

"The Russian Institute gave me a solid foundation--and a flying start--in a lifelong career dealing with Russia and the Soviet Union. The Institute's interdisciplinary, area-focused approach was ideally suited for one who needed to understand the whole society, not just a single aspect."

Thomas W. Hoya

RI '66
Administrative Law Judge
Environmental Protection Agency

"My education at the Russian Institute under the late Professor John Hazard--for which I am everlastingly greatful--opened up for me a career in government as a lawyer working on trade and environmental relations with the former Soviet Union."
Madeleine Albright

RI '68

Principle, The Albright Group LLC; Mortara Distinguished Professor of Diplomacy, Georgetown University
U.S. Secretary of State, 1997-2000

"In the '60s, the Russian Institute provided those of us enrolled in the University's Public Law and Government Department a home base: intellectual sustenance, camaraderie, and a sense of purpose. Although, happily, most of what we learned is now archeology, the discipline and love of the subject continue."