Word: aloians
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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...
...addition to recognizing by name the majority of the more than 450 students in Quincy House, Master Aloian energetically kept up with students and their academic and extracurricular pursuits. His genuine concern for all was evident as he threw himself into the role of master of the largest house on campus. He was never paternal or condescending in his interest in students. Instead he was a friend who treated students as individuals in this large Harvard community as he sought feedback about the house, the college or any other concern...
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...