Word: johnson
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...always wanted to put on a big show," Brett R. Johnson '81 said yesterday. Johnson's only previous experience as a promoter consisted of renting a boat for his senior prom cruise on Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota. "When I got to Harvard, I realized that this was the place to do it," he said...
...Johnson, who may give another party after the Penn game on November 5, would like to see Saturday's profits of about $100 go toward entablishing a student-run "Harvard Party Company Inc.," which he envisions as "an efficient organization in the business of putting on great parties...
That gentlemanly routine changed not a single vote among the four Senators-a far cry from the arm-twisting, lapel-tugging, browbeating style of Lyndon Johnson. Noting that there were half a dozen Senators on the borderline, Consumer Lobbyist James Plug said, "Lyndon would have got at least one vote out of that bunch." Added a friend: "Hell, Lyndon would have got seven votes...
...several years ago left him quite frail, Partridge spent his days in carrel K-1 of the British Museum Library, reading everything from pulp novels to plays (consuming "about 80% of all comedies written in English between 1530 and 1970" for his latest work). In the tradition of Samuel Johnson, Partridge works alone, disdaining group effort, computer printouts, even note cards. Instead, he painstakingly records entries in his old-fashioned hand in large exercise books...
...profit from the dance will go towards a fund for planning future parties, Johnson said, explaining that the University does not permit students to use Union facilities for profit...