Bar­rett Rollins is The Linde Fam­i­ly Pro­fes­sor of Med­i­cine at Har­vard Med­ical School, and Chief Sci­en­tif­ic Offi­cer Emer­i­tus at Dana-Far­ber Can­cer Insti­tute. Born and raised in Cleve­land, Ohio, he grad­u­at­ed from Amherst Col­lege — which has also giv­en him an hon­orary D.Sc. — and received his M.D. and Ph.D. from Case West­ern Reserve Uni­ver­si­ty where he was hon­ored with its Dis­tin­guished Alum­ni Award. He is a long-time trustee of the Inter­lochen Cen­ter for the Arts and lives in Boston with his wife and dogs.