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...name than Iona? That’s three syllables in four letters! And the Gaels? More like the Gails, if you know what I mean. Singer/songwriter Don McLean, author of the plaintive classic “American Pie,” is the college’s most famous alum...
...Fellows of Harvard College have only selected one non-alumnus to be Harvard’s president. The year was 1654, and Harvard was 18 years young, having held its first commencement just 12 years before. But since University of Cambridge alum Charles Chauncy died in office in 1672, Harvard has been led by men holding Harvard degrees for a staggering 334 consecutive years...
...Kroks alum George E. Overholser ’82 writes in an e-mail about the decadent scene with "Emperor Bernstein" that ensued...
...DAILY PRINCETONIAN lost a treasured alum yesterday, as did the New York Times and lovers of political journalism everywhere. R.W. Apple Jr., once a member of Princeton's 1957 class, died of thoracic cancer, the Times announced. The Prince today pays a worthy tribute...
...bested a fellow Harvard alum in his secretary-general bid—Surakiart Sathirathai, the deputy prime minister of Thailand. Surakiart received a master’s degree from Harvard Law School in 1982 and a doctorate in juridicial science three years later. He garnered four “yes” votes yesterday and two vetoes from permanent Security Council members...