Arthur Holcombe
Arthur Holcombe was a professor at Harvard who taught a several different government classes that Jack signed up for. Described as “fusty, pompous, long-winded, and…
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Holton Wood
H. Holton “Holty” Wood was a schoolmate of Jack’s from boyhood. They attended Harvard, Dexter, and Noble and Greenough together. At Harvard, both were accepted…
Alex Pourtalis
Alex Pourtalis was a Harvard chum of Jack’s. Alex and another Harvard student were also touring Europe right before the war and found themselves in…
Archibald Cox
Archibold Cox was named as Solicitor General by JFK. JFK had first come into contact with Cox in 1953 when he was looking to develop…
Harvard Crimson Business Board
JFK, who throughout much of his early life considered a career in journalism, won a place his senior year on the Harvard Crimson business board….
Donald Thurber
Donald Thurber was a Harvard chum of Jack’s. He relayed his impressions of Kennedy to another biographer, He was a person who would ask questions…
Blair Clark
Blair Clark was a member of Spee Club and considered to be a top man around the Harvard campus, in part because he was editor…
Claude Hooten
Claude Hooten was a JFK Harvard classmate who volunteered to help out in the West Virginia primary [300, p. 104]
Kay Stammers
Kay Stammers was a British tennis star who saw Jack on and off in the 1940s in both the UK and the US. She recalled…
February 2, 1959
JFK gives a speech to the Nieman Fellows (a group of journalists) at Harvard. He is very open about his aspirations for the Presidency,
May 12, 1958 (Monday)
JFK attended the first day of a two day meeting of the Harvard University Board of Overseers, the somewhat mysterious panel that has final authority…
April 14, 1958 (Monday)
April 14, 1958 JFK was in Boston after finishing up a political trip to North and South Dakota a few days before. On this Monday…
March 21, 1958 (Friday)
March 21, 1958 JFK was back in Boston for the weekend. This night he spoke at the annual meeting of the Harvard Club of Boston….
March 10, 1958
March 10, 1958 JFK attended the regularly scheduled meeting of the Harvard Board of Overseers in Boston, Massachusetts. [30, ELP, box 1]
February 20, 1945
JFK wrote to his friend Lemoyne Billings. In the months after his discharge from the Navy, Kennedy struggled to find a direction and focus for…
Class Day
JFK met his family for lunch on Harvard Class Day. He was joined by his mother Rose, sisters Rosemary, Eunice, Kick and brother Bobby. The…
Editorial
JFK published an editoral in the Harvard Crimson supporting rearmament by the United States in prepartion for a likely war against Germany. This stance evolved…
Relaxing
Jack was relaxing at his family’s home in Bronxville, New York waiting for his graduation ceremonies from Harvard later in the month.
Divisional
Jack took his divisional final exams and completed his coursework for his Harvard diploma. [253, p. 420]
Attended
JFK attended class on the Harvard campus. Newly interested in his classes during his junior and senior years, he wrote in his notes the United…