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The men were victims of what the Army called "friendly fire." Back in La Porte, Iowa, Peg and Gene Mullen, Michael's parents, found the term painfully offensive. Moreover, the Army had listed their son as a "nonbattle" casualty, a category that, the Mullens were to learn, was used...
5 p.m.: Coffee hour with Joel Porte, professor of English. A caveat--along with the free coffee may be an unprecedented amount of brown-nosing. Porte is an expert on Emerson and Thoreau so expect the ubiquitous ego-deflating frosh to be in attendance, mouthing quotes from The American Scholar...
Even if a man stretches his days to the bursting point, he will find his record as Senior Tutor a hindrance. Departments do more than ignore a man's contribution as Senior Tutor; they often count it against him. Academics apparently prefer scholars who are strictly scholars and not administrators...
Commuting by Bike. Serious cyclists, of course, do not regard the activity merely as a Sunday or vacation sport but as part of everyday existence. Harvard English Professor Joel Porte, for example, sold his car four years ago, and hasn't "even been tempted" to own one since. Instead...
Other senior tutors who are stepping down are: Joel M. Porte, professor of English, Quincy House; Rustam Z. Kothavala, lecturer on Geology, Lowell House; Rev. Robert W. Haney '65, Adams House: and acting senior tutor John W. Hutchinson '28, Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics, Dudley House.