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DIED. NORMAN VAUGHAN, 100, dog sledder, explorer and the last surviving member of Admiral Richard Byrd's historic 1928 expedition to Antarctica; in Anchorage. As a mushing-obsessed Harvard student, he persuaded Byrd to bring him along as a dog driver. Affectionately dubbed "the Colonel" in his adopted home state of Alaska, he climbed the 10,302-ft. Mount Vaughan (named for him by Byrd) to celebrate his 89th birthday. His motto: "Dream big, and dare to fail...
...DIED. NORMAN VAUGHAN, 100, dog sledder, explorer and the last surviving member of Admiral Richard Byrd's historic 1928 expedition to Antarctica; in Anchorage. As a mushing-obsessed Harvard student, he persuaded Byrd to bring him along as a dog driver. Affectionately dubbed "the Colonel" in his adopted home state of Alaska, he climbed the 3,140-m Mt. Vaughan (named for him by Byrd) to celebrate his 89th birthday. His motto: "Dream big, and dare to fail...
...game, its final shot was saved by Rock goalie Glenn Reepmeyer, who denied the Crimson 10 times during the game.“After starting off so quickly we got kind of stagnant on offense and had some breakdowns defensively,” Burmeister said. Sophomore Michael Byrd also had three goals for Harvard, Garcia netted two, and Voith had one.“Little Byrd has proven himself to be a big player in the water, able to shut down strong offensive players on defense,” junior Eric Byrd said. “He combines solid ball...
...It’s somewhat fitting we are locking horns with an Ivy rival.” Harvard will need a team effort to compete with the Tigers. Farrar has noticed several players have been stepping up to the challenge during practices, mentioning senior Greg Valiant and sophomores Michael Byrd and Chris Ludwick. “We’ve had some trouble scoring early in the year, it took us a while to really figure things out and for everyone to get on the same page,” Farrar said. “A lot of guys early...
...five in sudden death, the shot skipped over the goal.The Gaels tied the game with just seconds remaining the fourth quarter to send the contest into overtime. “It wasn’t one of our better efforts,” junior Eric Byrd said, “but we were able to play well enough when we needed it to pull ahead.”Harvard and Iona traded leads throughout the game. Though the Gaels drew first blood and went up by two, the Crimson fought back and had a two-goal lead during the fourth...