Throughout the year, parents, alumni, and friends of the school who are leaders in their fields and are dedicated to service, the arts, science, mathematics, and other disciplines visit Collegiate to share their perspectives and engage the boys and their families. Over the past several years Collegiate has benefited from visits by many distinguished individuals, including Meredith Bergmann, sculptor; Dr. Michael Massimino, NASA astronaut; Paul Chahidi, actor; Peter Turnley, photographer; Helen Vendler, the A. Kingsley Porter University Professor at Harvard and a leading poetry critic; Alison Bechdel,cartoonist and memoir author; Gordon S. Wood, historian; Thelma Golden, Director and Chief Curator of the Studio Museum of Harlem; James Lapine, Broadway writer and director; Shamus Khan, sociologist; and George Stephanopoulos, Good Morning America host and former adviser in the Bill Clinton administration.