Word: alumnus
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Harry S. Truman was adjudged "the most distinguished alumnus of this industry" by the National Association of Retail Clothiers and Furnishers...
...total of $5,000,000, probably the largest single bequest ever received from an alumnus, has been left to the University without restrictions by the late Thomas W. Lamont '96, according to details of the financier-philanthropist's will, made public yesterday...
...death of Thomas Lamont Harvard has lost one of its most loyal sons. His advise as an Overseer was always sound, his generosity as an alumnus unbounded. As a thoughtful public citizen his country's interest often commanded his judgment, which was tempered by long experience in foreign affairs. As a Harvard man, friend, and public official, I shall miss him. His family has my deep sympathy...
What are these values? Probably each alumnus defines them for himself. Co-operation, friendship, loyalty, and an understanding and appreciation that goes deeper than common tolerance are certainly included. Intellectual and editorial honesty, willingness to accept and consider criticism from any source, and the maintenance of breadth and varsity in personnel as well as ideas are others. But the most important virtues, to my mind, are balance and courage, temperance and nerve...
...short, heavy-set Harvard alumnus with gray hair and a Phi Beta Kappa key has been spoon-feeding me History 32a for a little over a month new. He is a professional tutor...