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MANY STUDENTS AT HARVARD have no idea what a house master does. Beyond welcoming students at the first meal of the year and hosting weekly open houses, a master can be an enigma. The late David A. Aloian '49, however, was anything but elusive. His enthusiasm and engagement with the Quincy House community set a standard for other house masters...
...executive director of the Alumni Association, Aloian strengthened bonds with alumni. He restructured the association to involve graduate school alumni, women and minorities in alumni affairs for the first time...
Cohen said Aloian came as close to the ideals of a gentleman "as any man I have known." Cohen also cited Aloian's accomplishments as a teacher, stressing that he often went beyond the realm of the formal instructor. Aloian inspired the desire to follow "a life of service and learning" in all those who came into contact with him, Cohen added...
Avoiding personal reminiscences, Forbes read from some of Aloian's favorite literature, including Albert Einstein's definition of the beautiful as the mysterious...
...Aloian's wife, Mimi, added a short reading of some of his private papers in which he discussed his hopes that love in the family might extend to the whole family of man. "What if the family of man really could unite and make a success of life on this planet?" wrote Aloian...