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...former University President Abbott Lawrence Lowell, who presided over the ceremonies, wrote in his invitation to Roosevelt, “[W]e hope you will choose for your theme for a brief address something connected with Harvard... and feel that you would welcome this opportunity to divorce yourself from the arduous demands of politics and political speechmaking.” The note ended with a request for Roosevelt to keep his comments to less than 10 minutes...
...Comedy duos had been a staple of vaudeville (Buck and Bubbles, Gallagher and Shean, Burns and Allen) and movies; in 1942, theater exhibitors voted Bud Abbott and Lou Costello the No. 1 "star" in Hollywood. What Lewis saw in Martin, when they first teamed up in 1946, was something unique: a sexpot straight man, a perfect complement to Jer's goony girly-boy. Dean was Lewis's public enabler; by acting as the imperturbable wall against which the kid's maniacal energy kept bouncing, he translated Jer to the mainstream audience...
...ABBOTT GLEASON ’61 Providence, RI February...
...Abbott Gleason ’61 is the Keeney Professor of History Emeritus at Brown University...
...faced today with the question of how a University seeking to invigorate the experience of its undergraduates builds on the noble experiment of Harvard President Abbott Lawrence Lowell and adapts it for the 21st century. How do we connect enhancements in our curriculum to improvements in campus common spaces, and link those to a renewal of the Houses that our students call home...