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...favorite teachers—one of whom taught Allen Far Eastern philosophy—were Harvard grads and encouraged him to apply...
With a stellar high school record, Allen arrived in the Yard with wide eyes and an “overly optimistic, somewhat naïve confidence in myself”—a confidence partly quashed by a first-semester cell biology grade of “C+.” Nevertheless he chose to pursue his scientific interests, taking pre-med courses and choosing to concentrate in psychology. In his sophomore year, Allen fell in love twice—first with Joy A. Maulitz ’78, a classmate at Radcliffe, and then with philosophy...
Allen’s pursuit of answers to moral questions led him to take a smattering of philosophy courses, an approach that allowed his vast curiosity to roam in all directions. Even though he received his degree in psychology, what Allen really wanted was to pursue his philosophical inquiries...
...spring of his senior year, Allen was still enrolled in organic chemistry, the most tortuous of pre-med classes, despite having given up on his pre-med program. Joy, by then his ex-girlfriend, told him later that her roommate had seen him at the exam...
...said, ‘Rick looked so relaxed, completely comfortable in the present, he looked like a Buddha.’ ‘That’s why I love him,’ Joy said. The truth was,” Allen chuckles, “I had no idea what was going on. I seemed the ideal of non-attachment because I was going to flunk the course...