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That 29-29 Game

(with all due deference to Poe’s The Raven) Ah distinctly I recall,  50 years ago this fall, just when we thought we’d won it all, in the Game that turned to lore. All the years have not erased,  not removed, not effaced the memories of what took place: that outcome and that score! Yale was winning, charging, leading, Crimson was retreating, bleeding. The Yale side cheers were overheating,  building to a deafening roar. It seemed…

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Thomas L. Reed, Jr. – 50th Reunion Essay

Thomas L. Reed, Jr. 1917 Hibiscus Street Sarasota, FL 34239 reedt@dickinson.edu 603-276-0863 Spouse(s): Dorothy Grant Reed (1987) Child(ren): Abigail Stuart Reed (1988) and Daniel Walker Reed (1992) Education: Yale University, BA, 1969; University of Virginia, MA 1970, PhD 1978 Career: Professor of English Literature and Film at Dickinson College Avocations: Writing, walking in familiar and exotic places, travel College: Saybrook Gearing up for this second quarter-century update, I did two bits of research. First, I…

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Banner Bio – Thomas L. Reed

THOMAS LLOYD REED, JR. (Dylan). Born June 13, 1947 in Oberlin, Ohio, son of Thomas Lloyd Reed and Betsy Noyes Mook Reed. Attended Notre Dame International School, Rome, Italy, and Moses Brown School, Providence, Rhode Island. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. English major; Dean’s List, 1966-67; Ranking Scholar, 1965-66 (spring term). Resident: Saybrook (Folk Singer’s Guild, 1968-69; Anthologians Anonymous, 1968-69; Soccer, 1965-69, Captain, 1968; Softball, 1968-69). Class Gift Fund Solicitor, 1968. Roommates: Philip Garvin Rourke, David…