Word: burr
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...possible alternatives include adding an extra room at the office's present location, occupying a space on the top floor of Phillips Brooks House, and moving into a large room on the first floor of Burr Hall next to the Freshman Union...
ALTHOUGH IT MAY NO longer be an important part of undergraduate life, the club has an illustrious past as a vital part of College life. After the first attempt at founding a club failed in the 1890s, head football coach Percy D. Haughton '99 and team captain Francis H. Burr '09 revived the club in the fall...
...club's size grew, it became apparent that a new home would be necessary. In 1912, largely as a result of the contributions of Allston Burr '89, a new house was built next to the Union at 14 Quincy St. The house was dedicated to Burr's son Francis, the club's first president, who died...
...attire ranging from blue jeans and a t-shirt to a tuxedo and pink bow tie, about 80 History and Literature concentraters yesterday climbed the steps to Burr Hall to turn in two semesters worth of blood, sweat and tears in the form of their senior theses...
...where Harvard makes itself felt. According to The Globe, 54 of 78 partners at the prestigious Boston law firm of Ropes & Gray come from the Law School. But only 33 of the 81 associates are Law School grads, which Ropes & Gray partner and former Harvard Corporation member Francis H. Burr '35 says is evidence that the strength of the Old Boy network is waning: "I think there was something to it way back then," Burr is quoted as saying, "[but] I don't think people fell there's a [Harvard] group anymore. People are much more open...