Word: harrison
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...catnip-to-the-ladies' performance as Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady suggested that a middle-aged professor could have sex appeal. So it was only fitting that the profession should finally award Rex Harrison, 65, an academic degree, a Doctorate of Humane Letters from Boston University. But Rex is not the only performer-scholar in the family. In London, Granddaughter Cathy Harrison, 14, is piling up theatrical credits, even as she studies for school exams. Cathy has appeared in two movies, including Robert Altman's Images, and in a TV drama series. Now, she says...
Jenkins also commented on the firing of Harrison. Jenkins said the dismissal of Harrison was a tragic but necessary step taken by the Department of Athletics...
...view of the circumstances and the future of the program, Harrison had to be let go. He had lost the respect of the ballplayers both as a coach and a main. Things came up which could not be remedied...
Jenkins said that he held no animosity towards Harrison, and that as an individual Harrison had been well liked. Jenkins called Harrison a "beautiful person" but said that this personality could not make up for his deficiencies as a coach. Jenkins added that a coach must blend leadership and ability into his makeup and that Harrison failed to do this...
...Coach Harrison didn't spend nearly the amount of time on defense as coach Sanders does. Seventy-five per cent of our practice time is spent on individual and team defense this year, whereas last year, most of our practices were devoted to open scrimmages," he said...