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...first time Drew G. Faust addressed students as University President since taking office on July 1, and the first time Michael D. Smith addressed them in his role as Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. And veteran administrator David Pilbeam—who stepped in as interim dean of Harvard College after former Dean Benedict H. Gross ’71 resigned recently—had not spoken at opening ceremonies in 20 years...
...Rogers, a 29-year Harvard veteran, will assume the post of vice president for alumni affairs and development on Oct. 1. She will be faced with jump-starting the University’s long-awaited capital campaign, which was delayed several times during Lawrence H. Summers' tumultuous five-year presidency...
...consider this next movie like the other Vietnam ones, because they were all personal, those stories. There's me in Platoon. There's [Vietnam veteran] Ron Kovic in Born on the Fourth of July. And in Heaven & Earth, there's Le Ly Hayslip [the Vietnamese woman whose life is dramatized in the film, and who accompanied Stone on his trip to Danang]. All three were personal stories...
...Vietnam stuff because we always heard that there was a light at the end of the tunnel. That was a very consistent quote: "It's changing, it's getting better, [another] six months, another 100,000 troops." We heard that again and again and I think any Vietnam veteran or person of my age from that era will tell you that it's very similar. False hope...
Rogers is a 29-year Harvard veteran. She spent more than two decades in the admissions office and served as director of major gifts for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and associate director of University development. She will assume her new post...