The Power of Being Made Uncomfortable
You a college boy? Last night we went to a screening of the documentary “Mr. Gaudino”. It was a profile of Prof. Robert Gaudino, who was one of my teachers and the man who changed my life. About 150...
Read moreThe Man Who Changed My Life Forever
Prof Robert L. Gaudino In 1972, I entered Williams College as a very sheltered 17-year old freshman. The extent of my world experience had been Long Island, New York, and now Williamstown. In my sophomore year, I took a...
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The author of my life… One of the truly great things about the Internet is that you can find people with whom you have lost contact over the years. Recently, I caught up with Mikael Levin, a friend from...
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The freshman quad – where I spent 1972-3. Middle door, third floor, on left. Yesterday, we took my nephew Brett to see Williams College. As he just scored a 780 on the math SAT pre-test, it seemed like the...
Read moreThank You Thomas J. Watson
A life-changing experience….. The expression ‘Changed my Life’ is bandied about easily. Not this time. Thirty years ago today (though it now seems hard to believe that so much time has passed), a powerful life-changing event in my own...
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