Word: alumnus
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...spectacled Harvard alumnus laid his tweed jacket and his program on the grassy bank of the Charles and glanced smilingly out towards the river, the stage of the events he had come to witness. Suddenly, his look turned from one of quiet contentment to furrowed consternation. Squinting his eyes and pushing his glasses halfway into his cornea, he confirmed his suspicions; "Damned if those aren't women out there rowing with men in the same Harvard boat...
While growing up in the Rosedale section of Queens in New York City, Masterson commenced his career with the Jets and matriculated through three years of Long Island Midget football and a year in the Pop Warner league before St. Francis Prep high school. The school's most famous alumnus is none other than Vince Lombardi--though Harvard star Rich Szaro, now a field goal kicker for the New Orleans Saints, also attended St. Francis...
This spring, the alumnus learned that Mrs. Butterfield had taken ill just after she retired from Harvard. He wrote her a letter, in which he reminded her of a promise made years before. Would he be able to do his profile...
...Butterfield was not feeling well. The alumnus made a note to keep in touch with her--perhaps her condition would improve, and she would be able to talk to him about more of her Harvard experiences, about her life before moving to Cambridge in 1954, about the bookstore which she managed in addition to her job to raise money for Bryn Mawr, her alma mater...
...alumnus never thought his profile would come in the form of an obituary, a clumsy effort to capture the sparkle of a woman who so touched everyone around her. He sure wishes Mrs. Butterfield were around to help...