It was July 1, 1776, and in Philadelphia’s hot, stuffy Pennsylvania statehouse, members of the Second Continental Congress—including Benjamin Franklin and John Adams—were discussing Thomas Jefferson’s draft of what would become the Declaration of Independence.
Swan Song
Glee Club director Louis Burkot, who is retiring, led his final show in early May.
Wishes Granted
The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation bestowed Guggenheim fellowships on three…
John Hopkinson ’39 • Jan. 8
Robert Charles Brower Jr. ’42 • Feb. 20
David Wallace Niven ’42 • March 6
Robert Francis Ehinger ’43 • March 8
John Sherman Lovewell ’44 • Nov. 25, 2017
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More than two decades ago an alum joined seven other explorers to boldly go where no one had gone before: into a sealed, miniature Earth where they would have to survive two years on their own.
