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...admissions for 10 years beginning in 1974. He assumed the role of dean in 1986, after serving a two-year stint as the director of the Harvard College Fund.O’Donnell called Fitzsimmons the best admissions officer in the country.“We go on a golf trip and he’s got 100 folders with him. It’s his life,” O’Donnell said. “And he knows every one of them. He knows every...
...sports media was buzzing last week with the news that the Professional Golfers’ Association (PGA) tour player Tripp Isenhour had been charged with killing a hawk with a golf shot. Isenhour apparently became infuriated with the noise the bird was making as he tried to film a golf video prophetically entitled “Shoot Like a Pro” on the Grand Cypress Golf Course in Florida. According to court documents, when the bird perched within 75 yards of him, the golfer said...
...reaction provides an insight into our natural empathy with certain animals. Jeffrey Masson ’64, a bestselling author on the emotions of animals, told me that the golf incident reflects an instinctual human affinity for pets and wildlife, heightened by the exposure that modern media gives us to these creatures. “We’re so similar emotionally to animals, but we only believe it when we see it for ourselves… and now with nature documentaries and YouTube videos we’re seeing...
...Harvard men’s golf team tied for second at the Fairfield Spring Invitational in an early start to the spring season. After travelling to Myrtle Beach, S.C. to play at Crown Park, the team watched round one be washed out by torrential conditions. High scores in the round that was played stand as a testament to the challenging conditions. Collectively, the team shot 322, finishing just nine shots back of first place Lewis University in a field of 11 schools. The Crimson was tied with Fairfield University for second place. Junior Michael Shore paced the team with...
...doughy, broad-shouldered 41-year-old Russian whom Thai police paraded before the press on Friday in an orange golf shirt is a monstrous example of entrepreneurial business acumen gone over to the dark side. He is believed to have supplied arms to the warring factions in Afghanistan, including the Taliban, as well as the perpetrators of some of the worst violence in Africa's interminable civil wars. Experts believe he has shipped AK-47s to every corner of the world. He even appears to have used U.S. airbases in Iraq in 2004 as part of his arms trafficking...