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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...
...Pineapple" 7) Denise Thal, Lissa Muscatine 8) Mike Faught 9) Jon Garrity 10) Shep Messing 11) Mel Embree 12) Jim Stoeckel 13) Baltimore Orioles star lefthander Mike Flanagan 14) Andy O'Hara 15) 26 yards 16) Lyman Bullard 17) Alex Vik 18) 10 19) Dick Button, John Misha Petkevich 20) Larry Glueck