Working in the entertainment industry for more than 15 years, Bruce Furst serves as president of Ashber Corporation, a media licensing company based in Austin, Texas. Apart from his professional life, Bruce Furst is a supporter of Harvard University and serves on the committee that oversees the school’s College Parents Fund.

1. JOHN LITHGOW RECEIVES HARVARD
ARTS MEDAL
Bruce Furst

2. INTRODUCTION
 Working in the entertainment industry for more than 15 years, Bruce
Furst serves as president of Ashber Corporation, a media licensing
company based in Austin, Texas. Apart from his professional life, Bruce
Furst is a supporter of Harvard University and serves on the committee
that oversees the school’s College Parents Fund.
Harvard alumnus and renowned actor John Lithgow recently received
the Harvard Arts Medal - a distinction given to graduates who have
achieved at very high levels in the arts, and have leveraged their
success to positively impact others through education or other public
activities. He is the 24th person to receive the award in the school’s
history.
A native of Rochester, New York, Lithgow is a 1967 magna cum laude
Harvard graduate, with concentrations in history and literature. Since
then, he has gone on to play a number of critically-acclaimed roles in the
theater, on television, and in motion pictures. In speaking of Lithgow’s
achievements, Harvard President Drew Faust praised the actor’s body
of work, as well as his unfailing commitment to giving back to the
creative arts.