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A state-wide hunt begins for Sylvester Gardiner '46, football and varsity crew athlete an son of an ex-governor of Maine, who disappeared Jan. 23. Gardiner's family initially suspects he may have fallen into the Charles River while ice skating. After a four-week, multistate search, two children...
The winter of 1947 was visited by a gloomy disappearance that left an anguished family and a confused campus. Without warning, varsity athlete and Boston native Sylvester Gardiner '46 vanished.
The next day, Gardiner's father expressed fears that his son may have suffered an attack of amnesia brought on by fears related to early graduation truncating his tenure as stroke oar on the varsity crew team. Sylvester Gardiner was scheduled to graduate early due to G.I. credits.
--Reported by Sylvester Monroe/Los Angeles and Andrea Sachs/New York
--With reporting by Sylvester Monroe and James Willwerth/Los Angeles, Melinda Spaulding/Washington and David E. Thigpen/New York