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...captain Peter Hafner, leading goalscorer Dan Murphy, and goaltender John Daigneau (right)—the winner of the John Tudor Memorial Cup as the team MVP—guided the Crimson to an Ivy League title, an ECAC championship, and a No. 2 seed in the NCAA tournament.POWER STROKE For yet another season, Harvard dominated the competition in the Eastern Intercollegiate Swimming League, earning a share of the regular-season crown. Co-captains Bill Cocks and seven-time All-American Dave Cromwell, and classmate Daniel Rybalko were awarded the Harold S. Ullen Trophy for demonstrating leadership and sportsmanship...
...Stone, Jr. ’45-’47, who was known among his colleagues as the University’s “chief cheerleader” during his 27 years on the Harvard Corporation, died on April 18 at age 83 due to complications following a stroke. In his time on the Corporation—the University’s highest governing body—Stone served on the search committee that named Neil L. Rudenstine Harvard’s 26th president in 1991. And as the Corporation’s senior fellow until...
...strain on blood vessels, causing them to tear or develop weak areas where plaque can gain an easy foothold. Hypertension (to use the technical term) can also force small blood vessels to burst like an overstressed garden hose; if that happens in the brain, it's called a stroke--the other major cardiovascular killer besides heart attack...
...Crimson might be able to salvage its streak of championship gold, as the race was relatively close at the outset. “[We’d] been concentrating on trying to start fast early on, and I feel we did pretty well,” sophomore stroke George Kitovitz said. “We stayed with the other teams for most of the race; there weren’t more than three or four seconds between all the boats.” Despite the close race, however, Harvard ultimately came in fourth behind California, Princeton, and Brown. The streak?...
...close, but not until Harry Parker’s varsity eights of 2003, 2004, and 2005 had added a new wrinkle to the debate about the best collegiate varsity eight of all time.“We can’t help but feel disappointed,” sophomore stroke George Kitovitz said. “Since Harvard had won the last three years, as much as the streak had to finally end, it’s just a shame to be a part of that.”The Crimson managed to keep the race relatively close, preventing...