Michael R. Tranfaglia

Michael R. Tranfaglia ’82 was never just an average Harvard pre-med.

“He was kind of unusual,” says his wife Katherine N. Clapp ’82. Her first memories of Tranfaglia include a characteristic Marine Corps haircut acquired during a summer spent in boot camp “just for an experience,” and another summer souvenir—a single sunburned side picked up during a cross-country bike trip and debuted the following fall.

While at Harvard, Tranfaglia kept himself busy with a concentration in biology, an unofficial minor in psychology, and a host of extracurricular sporting activities.