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...Julian Hoff, my longtime mentor, told me this would be one of the most indelible experiences of my life. As usual, he was right. I started the half-day process sitting across a table from two examiners, both senior neurosurgeons. Laid out on the tabletop between us were models of a skull, a head and a spine, as well as several laptop computers filled with brain-scan images. After a quick handshake, the fun began...
...widely and thought very deeply.”AN ONGOING LEGACYFollowing Stone’s death, Ben-Shahar dedicated his two spring courses, “Positive Psychology,” and Psychology 1508, “The Psychology of Leadership,” to his late colleague and mentor. The two courses were, respectively, the first and third largest courses offered this spring—with a combined enrollment of over 1400 students.“In many ways these classes are his classes as well,” Ben-Shahar said at the time. “Many...
...must see events of the year,” showing that “not being good is no excuse for not coming out for an event.” Gilligan’s sister Lindsey, who is also a Crimson photography editor, called Paul her best friend and mentor. “I don’t think I’ve ever met someone who didn’t like him,” she wrote in an obituary in The Philadelphia Inquirer. In an e-mail, his blockmate Hani N. Elias ’05 wrote...
...economics played a part. Whatever the cause, for nine months I was invited into the world of Mass. Hall, an opportunity I took advantage of a dozen or so times. On those days, he transformed from President Summers, a somewhat high and mighty figure, into Larry, a trusted adviser, mentor, and friend who genuinely cared about my undergraduate experience and, by proxy, the entire student body.I first met Larry on my third full day at Harvard for my first freshman advising meeting. I still remember walking through the big green door at the end of Mass. Hall, my stomach...
...needs to do it. Unlike this governor, I'll get California the money that it's owed - this year alone we're owed $750 million for incarcerating undocumented felons. I'll work on a compassionate, pragmatic immigration bill. The governor is at great risk if he follows his mentor Pete Wilson's immigration policies...