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...Jean’s freshman roommates, Daryl A. Libow ’81, says the “math whiz” soon blossomed and found his comedic feet...
...Jean concentrated in math, but quickly abandoned his pre-med plans...
...think, because I wasn’t really thinking coherently at that point. Consecutive hours spent toiling in the windowless, air-conditioned basement? Probably upwards of 17, and if it’s more I don’t want to know. And the math gets fuzzier. How many times have I changed “Harvard” or “Crimson” to singular? How many page-alls over the intercom? How many times did I scream at someone for using the word “plethora”? How many episodes of Family...
...into a central tool in physics.Wilson’s father, E. Bright Wilson Jr. was a professor of chemistry at Harvard. As an undergraduate, Wilson concentrated in mathematics, though he also studied physics. He won the prestigious Putnam fellowship, awarded to high scorers on a national collegiate math competition.Wilson described his time at Harvard as a “stimulating environment.” “The extraordinary members of the faculty I had access to, the fellow undergraduates that I knew, plus opportunities to participate in track and field and in the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra, all contributed...
...facilities for the graduate school as well as housing for approximately 40 students.2/23: A sudden fire in Thayer North causes $100 worth in damages before it was discovered. Eliot House senior Richard Friedberg ’56 speaks at the Institute for Advanced Study on his solution to a math problem which has been unsolved for over a decade.2/25: Stillman Infirmary accepts its second woman patient ever, even though it is almost ‘impossible’ to treat women there. Three days later, eight Adams House residents were driven from their rooms when a fire broke out between...