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An Evening with Champions was founded in 1970 by John M. Petkevich ’71, who would later become a national figure skating champion. Upon seeing the bedridden patients in the children’s cancer ward at Harvard affiliate Children’s Hospital Boston, Petkevich was inspired...
Petkevich came up with the idea of a charity ice skating show, which would bring together an impressive roster of skaters and benefit cancer research.
This year’s An Evening with Champions concluded with a pairs duet by cancer survivor Dorothy Hamill, the 1976 Olympic Champion, and Paul Wylie, the 1992 Olympic Silver Medalist.
Memories of writing letters to their future selves in grade school and scenes from the 2009 movie “Knowing” inspired the two to commemorate the past year with a time capsule with a 21st century twist.
Since 1980, Nobel medals have been made of 18-karat green gold and then plated with 24-karat gold. Given the medal’s unmistakable design and mold, an attempt to sell the medal would be difficult.