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...25th reunion approaches this June, when we look back on our careers we all feel extraordinarily fortunate to have had the benefit of Larry’s encouragement and mentoring during our college years. We wish to state, on the record, our appreciation for Larry’s help in developing our analytical skills and in strengthening our resolve to achieve at the highest levels in our professional lives...
...junior Cherie Piper, who is but one member of a fearsome constellation of four junior forwards that also boasts Tiffany Hagge, Katie Weatherston, and Gillian Apps. Corriero and Banfield are both familiar with Piper and Apps from their days on the Canadian youth circuit, lending their reunion extra personal significance...
...much,” said John T. Bethell ’54, author of Harvard Observed and former editor of Harvard Magazine. Indeed, Hanfstaengl’s invitation wasn’t the only nod to Nazism on display at the commencement: the Class of 1924 celebrated their tenth reunion by goose-stepping into Harvard Stadium for the playful Class Day exercises, holding their hands in a mock Nazi salute. The incident was blithely described by The New York Times in its account of the event and spectators did not seem perturbed...
...great tribute to the younger generation of those years. Some of them were taken by Hitler, which they shouldn’t have been.”While Harvard hosted Putzi for the week, his attempt to leave a longer-lasting legacy was blocked. Months after the reunion, Conant rejected a $1,000 scholarship offer from Hanfstaengl, who hoped to endow a traveling fellowship to Germany for interested students...
Hunt met Hanfstaengl in 1959 for his 50th reunion. “There was no publicity about him,” Hunt said. “While he was a rather imposing-looking man, he was unable to convince me that he was more than a lightweight.” Hunt maintains that many Harvardians saw Hanfstaengl as a bit of a “buffoon,” a social butterfly who had little tangible influence on Hitler aside from his skills at the keyboard...