Comments on: 27 of the best thank-yous from �ֲ��ý senior theses through the years

By: James Geitz

James Geitz — Sat, 28 Nov 2015 01:39:32 +0000

I was mentioned in Robert Pladek’s thesis. Could you give me his email of tel.#?? And/Or that of Lisa Dimock ’77, also mentioned?

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 23 Nov 2015 04:11:56 +0000

Not surprising to see Sarah Weinstein made the list!!! A fabulous lady (and a fabulous thesis!)

By: Douglas Hodgkin

Douglas Hodgkin — Sat, 21 Nov 2015 22:19:34 +0000

I shall always be haunted by the political science major (to my knowledge a really nice guy) who wrote that he thanked all the �ֲ��ý women who would not pay any attention to him, thereby enabling the completion of the theses.

By: Lynn Sleeper Orav

Lynn Sleeper Orav — Sat, 21 Nov 2015 03:27:21 +0000

This was truly a pleasure to read and reminisce. It is belated by 31 years, but I must thank a generous but unnamed �ֲ��ý maintenance man. Down to the last 24 hours, I pulled an all-nighter and planned to make all the required copies of my thesis using an available copier at the women’s shelter where I volunteered, near the turnpike. Alas that night we received approximately a foot of snow. At 6 AM with the thesis due at approximately 10, I slogged over to my car parked in the Puddle parking lot. The kindly maintenance man laughed a bit at my optimistic belief that a Ford Pinto would make it out of the unplowed crater. He pulled up in his pickup truck, drove me downtown, and told me to give him a call when I was finished. If not for him the yearlong masterpiece would not have come to rest in the hands of the Psychology Department. Thank you Sir!

By: Judy Marden '66

Judy Marden '66 — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 21:30:38 +0000

Jay, this may well be your most delightful news article ever! Especially Dupee/Sypitkowski. Still chuckling….

By: Victoria Stanton

Victoria Stanton — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 20:48:27 +0000

Saw the headline and knew it had to be a Jay Burns passion project. Endearing, as ever. – T

By: Lois Stuber Spitzer '55

Lois Stuber Spitzer '55 — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 20:41:07 +0000

It was good to read that after all their intellectual pursuits
many thanked their families and especially their Moms for their foundations.

By: nlepage

nlepage — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 19:29:37 +0000

Great article. Fun to read. Thank you.

By: Peter Moore

Peter Moore — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 19:23:28 +0000

Ungrateful wretch that I was at 21, I don’t believe I thanked a blessed soul in my thesis. In retrospect, though, I’d like to thank my typist, who had to type 300 pages plus revisions, and the poor souls on my honors committee, who had to read all of those pristine pages. I believe both are violations of fair labor practices.

Comments on: 27 of the best thank-yous from �ֲ���ý senior theses through the years