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8 unusual facts about Harvard Crimson


Burt Glinn

Glinn, a Pittsburgh native, studied literature at Harvard University, where he edited and photographed for the college newspaper Harvard Crimson.

Charles Rockwell Lanman

A vigorous man, Lanman rowed daily on the Charles River until age 88, ice permitting, and was nicknamed "Charles River Lanman" by the Harvard Crimson.

Garrett Graff

Attending Harvard University, Graff was the executive editor at the Harvard Crimson.

Lawrence Buell

Both the Boston Globe and the Harvard Crimson have regularly requested commentary from Buell for published articles concerning his views on undergraduate life.

Neophogen College

The college was noted for an attention to etiquette and English language instruction, for which it was often satirized in other university periodicals such as the Harvard Crimson, Yale Literary Magazine and the Daily Princetonian.

Roy J. Glauber

He currently lives in Arlington, Massachusetts, and is the Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics at Harvard University, where both past and present students enthusiastically praised his teaching to Harvard Crimson reporters.

Toronto Jr. Aeros

Also, Christina Kessler starred in net for the Aeros during the 2005-06 season before jumping to the Harvard Crimson hockey team.

Wingate Memorial Trophy

The first intercollegiate lacrosse tournament was held in 1881 with Harvard beating Princeton 3-0 in the championship game.


Burleigh Cruikshank

Sportswriter Walter S. Trumbull of the The New York Sun suggested that the Michigan Aggies, Washington & Jefferson, Chicago University, and Notre Dame were the new "Big 4 of College Football" instead of the traditional grouping of Princeton, Yale, Harvard, and Penn.

Signet society

Many undergraduate Signet members are in other Harvard College artistic and literary organizations, including the Harvard Advocate, the Hasty Pudding Theatricals, the Harvard Crimson, the Harvard Lampoon, the Harvard Radcliffe Orchestra, and the Harvard Radcliffe Dramatic Club.


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