SERIES AT A GLANCE

TODAY

State Sen. Michael J. Barrett '70 (D-Cambridge) attended Harvard while anti-war and civil rights protests were sweeping across campus. But Barrett was never a student activist. Instead, he chose the role of mediator as a member of the Student-Faculty Advisory Committee.

WEDNESDAY

State Rep. Mark Roosevelt '78 (D-Beacon Hill) was identified as a "gov jock" while he was a Harvard undergraduate, although he never took a government class. The history concentrator learned about politics on the job, as the manager for several Massachusetts campaigns.

FRIDAY

Although Governor William F. Weld '66 came from a prestigious family, friends say he got along very well with the diverse, artistic population who lived with him in Adams House. Weld is described as a brilliant mind with a sharp wit: he was a member and actor in the Hasty Pudding.