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Actor John Lithgow ’67 put to rest concerns yesterday that the podium of Commencement’s afternoon exercises—usually reserved for political figures—could not handle an artist...
...Lithgow, the first professional actor to ever speak at a Harvard Commencement, entertained and amused an audience of thousands with his yet-unpublished children’s story about a mouse that goes to college...
...light-hearted tale, set at Harvard and dedicated to the Class of 2005, garnered Lithgow a standing ovation and a request to return to the podium for an encore...
...only reference to the firestorm over University President Lawrence H. Summers’ leadership in yesterday’s afternoon exercises, Lithgow presented the story of Mahalia Mouse as “oil over troubled waters...
Summers, who preceded Lithgow with a more serious speech on Harvard’s global role, joined the crowd in laughter...