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...honor of John Harvard’s 400th birthday, filmmaker and Harvard Box Office employee Michael Van Devere wrote and directed a fictional film depicting the last night of the J. Harv’s life. FM sat down with Alex R. Breaux ’09, who played Harvard, to shoot the shit about the man himself. FM: When you received word that you had been selected to portray John Harvard, what was your initial reaction? AB: Initially, I wasn’t told it was going to be a biop about John Harvard, so I was just excited...
About 40 students celebrated the 400th anniversary of John Harvard’s birthday at a screening of the first fictional film interpretation of the final moments in the life of the University’s namesake. Directed by Extension School student Michael Van Devere, “John Harvard” depicts the last few hours before Harvard’s death, during which he drafted his will and bequeathed his 300-book library and half of his estate to a small college in Newtown that became the famed research institution in Cambridge. “My hope...
Edsel was a first name before it was ever a car name. But it was never a very popular thing to call a child: according to the Social Security Administration--which has time for this sort of thing--the name Edsel has ranked only as high as 400th on the top 1,000 names for boys, and that was in 1927. More popular names that year included the soaring Kermit, Buford and Elvin...
...Simpsons just reached its 400th episode, and a long-awaited movie is due out July 27. Here's a look back at 18 years in Springfield...
...retired Supreme Court Justice is honorary chairwoman of America's 400th Anniversary