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...Peter E. Pratt '40, reunion chairman and class secretary, said yesterday the Class had sought a "dignified way to honor the President ever since we began planning our 25th reunion." No previous Harvard class report has been dedicated to an individual, Pratt noted...
...Pratt wrote in the foreword to the report "that it seems only appropriate to honor John F. Kennedy, whose brilliant career was cut short so tragically. The President's death was an unbelievable shock to all of us, as reflected in his classmates' many references to him in this report...
...month for research on the SST, about 75% of it Government funds. Work on the drawing boards and in the wind tunnels has produced important design improvements in both the SST's airframe (for which Boeing and Lockheed are competing) and engines (General Electric v. Pratt & Whitney). The airframe makers have discovered that a relatively small reduction in airframe weight produces a disproportionately larger increase in payload; a 1% reduction, for example, would increase the payload by 10%. National Aeronautics and Space Administration research has given increased hope for solving the problems of sonic boom. And estimates...
...dual meets during the season, was such a shoo-in for the 200-yard butterfly title that sportswriters were already marking up the points when the news of his sickness came through. In his absence, the victory went to a man Hayes had thrashed earlier in the season, Frank Pratt of Army, in a time of 2:01.1. Hayes has swum 1:57.4. this year...
...bird's booster stage are training vehicles on which U.S. engineers are learning to handle the five much larger engines that will boost the Apollo spaceship on its voyage to the moon. Saturn's second stage teaches an even more difficult art. Its six Pratt & Whitney RL-10 engines burn liquid hydrogen, which is incredibly touchy to handle, but has an added efficiency that is considered essential for the moon project. The smooth success of last week's launch suggests that LH2 has at last become a routine fuel...