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Leonard Frey of 201 Streeter

Posted on December 11, 2014 by markweiss86

Leonard Frey, Dartmouth class of 1949, lived at 201 Streeter, one of the older dorms, in the so-called Gold Coast, west campus, closer to the river, by my sense. When Harry Hillman died, Frey contributed $5 to a memorial fund. … Continue reading →

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George Munroe, Dartmouth trustee and hoops

Posted on November 30, 2014 by markweiss86

Former Dartmouth All-American George Munroe, who passed away last month, had a 29-year career as an executive with Phelps Dodge Corp., including vice president in 1962, president/director in 1966, CEO in 1969 and chair/CEO from 1975 to 1987. Phelps Dodge … Continue reading →

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Dartmouth codex for English Studies, 12/84 thru S86

Posted on November 11, 2014 by markweiss86

Eoanthrophus will triumph finally over Homo sapiens Mencken, 1926 Horse-man Weiss, 1984 & 2014 According to a notebook I dug out of storage yesterday which would be also known as November 10, 2014, these are the classes I took towards … Continue reading →

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The Buddy story

Posted on August 7, 2014 by markweiss86

charles n_ tuck 97 miami of amanda.boughman@tuck.dartmouth.edu Mr. N_, Tuck ’97 and Tuck MBA advisory board: I met the Ms. N_, her friend, and her friend’s dog in front of Peet’s Coffee in Palo Alto this a.m., on the strength … Continue reading →

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Granite Alto

Posted on August 6, 2014 by markweiss86

Photo essay about Stanford Jazz Camp / Workshop / Series / Festival / #firshir Ivor Holloway is a Gunn graduate and fulltime staff year-round for Stanford Jazz Workshop and camps. I met him Saturday for the first time since October … Continue reading →

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Last call at Happy Donuts

Posted on June 6, 2014 by markweiss86

I am writing this post remote from Happy Donuts, its last day, last 9 hours. 1. This is admittedly a weird place to start even a lyrical essay about the rise and fall of Palo Alto’s Happy Donuts, but I … Continue reading →

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A dose of kudos for Dan Fagin

Posted on April 16, 2014 by markweiss86

Kudos to Dan Fagin ’85, Pulitzer-Prize-winning former Editor-in-Chief of The Dartmouth. What I remember most about his directorate was them sitting around the lounge in Robinson Hall watching “The McLaughlin Group”and their banter and discussion would soon escalate to drown … Continue reading →

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Swift Swede at Dartmouth

Posted on April 8, 2014 by markweiss86

My little set of jokes about Mindy Kaling and the potentially raunchy meaning of “wah-hoo-wah” also had me thinking about a conjoined set of threads of Dartmouth stories regarding the history of track and field, Harry Hillman, Don Burnham, Gunder … Continue reading →

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Wah-hoo-wah to Mindy and her wah-hoo-wah

Posted on April 2, 2014 by markweiss86

The inside joke about the Sploderzz execs and one of the docs all being Dartmouth grads is that Mindy Kaling herself is an alumna. Nobody from Dartmouth would, as the characters do, refer to each other as “fellow D-bags”, however. … Continue reading →

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A Casebook on the BEAT by Thomas Parkinson casebook

Posted on January 21, 2014 by markweiss86

If I rifle is seen hanging over a fireplace in the first act, then it should be fired by the third.* 1. A couple weeks ago I was at Temporary Main Library (former council chambers, former Palo Alto Cultural Center … Continue reading →

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