Word: oommen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...addition, he manages University designing and placing plaques throughout the University to commemorate major donors. Oommen says each plaque takes about eight months to complete, as the final products must be "impeccable...
...track is only one of several projects Oommen has designed, planned and managed for Harvard. After being graduated from the Graduate School of Design in 1978, he joined Harvard's planning office. He has since been promoted to special assistant to the vice president for administration and his projects and designs have had significant impact on both Harvard and the world of design...
...outdoor track, however, is probably the most extraordinary of Oommen's accomplishments. Its impact will not only be felt at Harvard, but internationally as well, he claims. World class runners who are very close to setting records "may want to come and use the track to improve their time by the small amount necessary," he says...
...indoor track, also designed by Oommen, was built in 1977 with the same concept in mind. It is regarded as one of the world's fastest indoor tracks and already about a dozen other universities have used the same design. It is regarded as one of the world's fastest indoor tracks and already about a dozen other universities have used the same design...
According to Oommen, Coe credited the track not only with allowing him to win, but with preventing an injury as well...