Dean kamen biography dropped out of contention
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Queer History
The classified ad appeared in the back of the Cavalier Daily in March , under the Miscellaneous section. It got right to the point. “Charlottesville’s first Gay organization is now in the works,” said the ad. “If you would like to help start a Gay Activist Group, please call …”
Just five or six people—“a pretty nervous lot”—showed up to an early meeting that same month, according to the organization’s September newsletter. “It seemed impossible to conceive of an organization like this in Charlottesville—indeed, some overzealous members of an unnamed fraternity, armed with rocks, bottles and a real shotgun, sought to prove that it would be impossible,” the newsletter article continues. “But the Union survived and matured. [Its] great achievement of that truncated first year …
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MIT after SFFA by Stu Schmill '86
technology and the dream, deferred
Today I spoke with MIT News about the impact the Supreme Court’s decision in the SFFA case had on the composition of the Class of , why it matters, and what we plan to do next. You should read that interview, as well as an accompanying message from President Sally Kornbluth.
Here, on the blogs, inom want to share some anställda reflections on what this means to me, both because inom am ultimately responsible for the makeup of our undergraduate lärling body, and also because okänt has been my home for more than forty years.
One hot summer day, many years ago now, I packed a green Army surplus duffle bag full of all my clothes and boarded a Greyhound bus to Boston. I arrived at South Station, took the Red Line to Kendall Square, and walked along Memorial Drive until inom got to Killian Court. inom remember standing there, seeing the Great Dome for the first time, all on my own&#;01My parents — wh
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Samuel Morey
American inventor
Samuel Morey (October 23, – April 17, ) was an American inventor, who worked on early internal combustion engines and was a pioneer in steamships who accumulated a total of 20 patents.
Early life
[edit]The son of a Revolutionary War Officer,[1] he was the second of seven children born to Israel Morey (–) and Martha Palmer (–) and was born in Hebron, Connecticut,[2] but moved to Orford, New Hampshire, with his family in His father Israel Morey served in the colonial militia and rapidly rose from private to general.[3] Samuel Morey operated a successful lumber business in Orford and Fairlee, Vermont. He died in , and was buried in Orford. Lake Morey in Vermont is named in his honor.[4]
Steam work
[edit]Morey's first patent, in ,[5] was for a steam-powered spit, but he had grander plans. Morey realized that steam could be a power source in the s, and he probably appreciated a steamboat's