Blame it on HAL. In 1965 some of us paid three bucks each and entrusted our romantic fantasies to a computer dating service, Operation Match, which played Cupid for us. It was the brainchild of three Harvard entrepreneurs, with the assistance of one Douglas Ginsburg from Cornell (who later became Chief Judge of the D.C. […]
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I dreamt of Pancho Demakis last night
This may be weird but it is true.
In this dream I walked into Lasell gym alone – at my current age, picked up a basketball…
Uranus and the Five Moons
This was for real. Amid the tidal wave of new, exciting, and groundbreaking music that we heard from 1964 to 1968, was the very special sound of a cover band from Wesleyan (class of 1967) with a name that nobody could forget. (Arguably, another regional group, Moby Dick and His Seamen, won first place in […]
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Bombs away!
This was one of Tom Bell’s many “accomplishments” while at Williams. Perhaps part of his training for his stint as a Watergate attorney?
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Muhammad Ali memories
While we were boys trying to grow into men, he faced down terrifying heavyweights with ballet like grace faced down US hypocrisy speaking a sparkling truth to power faced down racism then forgave it with grace by going home to Louisville which is my hometown too. He walked the walk when most of us were […]
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More snow, please
Dateline February 1965
The Class of 1968 averts a Winter Carnival disaster
Levien Family Journalism Summer Fellowship
In April 2016 during a luncheon celebration at Williams, the college announced that William McGuire ‘17 would be the latest student to benefit from Larry’s generosity and foresight. McGuire will spend the summer exploring the motivation of third-party political candidates, focusing on the Green Party. He’ll create a radio news feature to report his findings. […]
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