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Undeterred, two years later Jennings directed “Vieux Carre” by Tennessee Williams, a play set in the South with overt references to homosexuality.
In addition to Higonnet, Jennings cited English Professor Joseph A. Boone—the first openly gay professor at Harvard—as a source of inspiration.
In his graduation speech, Jennings asked his classmates to consider whether a Harvard education was a privilege or a responsibility.
For Jennings, an education at Harvard was a mandate to help less-privileged people, he said.
To that end, Jennings went into teaching, though he said that he did not expect the field would allow him to fulfill a commitment to future generations.