Word: langere
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...Wells came to Harvard and declared that there would be no general war in Europe for at least four years. William L. Langer '15, Coolidge Professor of History, claimed that Hitler planned to conquer the entire continent...
...William L. Langer '15, Coolidge Professor of History, emeritus, will return to Harvard next year to teach a graduate seminar in European history. Since his retirement in June 1964 Langer has been doing research and writ- ing. He is the former director of the Russian Research Center and Center for Middle Eastern Studies...
...rest of the fleet consisted mostly of standard inboards and outboards that might have come from a showroom window. But Jerry Langer's No. 10 was strictly do-it-yourself. An out-board-engine dealer from Miami Beach, Langer had borrowed a Fiberglas mold, poured himself a hull, tacked two ordinary 90-h.p. motors on the back. Just before the race, he decided that he didn't like the pitch of his propellers, so he took a hammer and pounded away until they looked "about right...
...return trip. Aboard Thunderbird, bearded Jim Wynne was having his problems-his engines cut out three times when waves tossed the boat clear out of water. CoDriver Walt Walters was knocked un conscious when a wave broke across the boat-but Wynne grimly kept going. So, incredibly, did Jerry Langer in his little outboard. Finally, 4 hrs. 45 min. after the start, Thunderbird churned back into Biscayne Bay, and Winner Wynne gratefully stepped ashore, muttering: "Now that was a wingding." Runner-up Langer, who finished 21 hours behind Wynne, could not have agreed more. "Where are the Band-Aids...
...four honorary degrees from four other universities; Arthur H. Hopkins, Chief Linotypist to the CRIMSON, Emeritus; Paul Codman Cabot '21, retiring Treasurer of Harvard College, who herded the endowment over the billion dollar mark earlier this year; Charles Allerton Coolidge '17, retiring Senior Fellow of the Corporation; William L. Langer, Coolidge Professor of History, Emeritus; C. Day Lewis; C. H. Taylor, retiring Henry Charles Lea Professor of Medieval History and Master of Kirkland House; John Coolidge '35, director of the William Hayes Fogg Art Museum; Philip Hofer, free, white and '21, Curator of Printing and Graphic Arts in the College...