Word: offing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Serving sandwiches, cookies and cake, Gomes welcomes all members of the College for casual conversation and company. With the holiday season in full effect, he has hosted students for Thanksgiving dinner, had luncheons for visiting preachers and held dinners for the church choir.
Over tea in Sparks House, he proudly shows off a recent copy of the Delta Shuttle magazine--in which he was featured.
The minister is used to the limelight, and being recently named one of Talk magazine's "top talkers" was amusing--but the article didn't make it onto his antique-adorned mantle.
Still, if Gomes spends much of his day performing official duties, he devotes a large part of his schedule to spiritual counseling and casual conversation.
Assistant Dean of Freshmen Sarah B. Drummond, a graduate of the Divinity School, sees Gomes not only as a colleague, but also as adviser and friend.