Word: petkevich
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...mostly by volunteers and Eliot Housestudents, "An Evening with Champions" wasconceived in 1970 by Eliot resident and 1970 U.S.Men's skating silver medalist John M. Petkevich'71-73. Officials said the event is the secondlargest contributor to the Jimmy Fund...
Eliot House started its work with the Jimmy Fund when John M. Petkevich '71, a skater, injured himself while he was a junior. During his stay in the hospital, Petkevich, an Eliot resident, encountered some children who were being treated for leukemia. He then decided to help the Dana Farber Institute by organizing a show where his skating friends would perform to raise money for the research center...
...Jimmy Fund show got its start in 1970, when a Harvard junior was hospitalized for an injury, and he met some children receiving treatment for leukemia. Three weeks later, that student, John M. Petkevich '71--who became the 1971 American Men's champion-put together the first "Evening with Champions...
...skating exhibition was first held in 1970 at the suggestion of John Misha Petkevich '71, an Eliot House resident and U.S. skating champion...