Winthrop
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Winthrop House
Every day between now and Housing Day, Flyby will release two new House rankings. The top two Houses will be revealed on Wednesday, March 13. Check back daily for updates! Built in 1914 as freshman dormitories, Standish and Gore Halls were later united to form Winthrop House. In the years since its inception, Winthrop has certainly accumulated its fair share of famous alums, from J. Robert Oppenheimer '26 to Barnett "Barney" Frank '61-'62 and plenty of Kennedys to boot. Situated less than five minutes from the Yard, and directly facing the Charles River, Winthrop is one of the best-located Houses, and residents are pretty much guaranteed an incredible view from their bedrooms at least one year of their three-year stay. Though the rooms themselves may not be the best, Winthrop's architecture is, at the very least, nice to look at from the outside.
Throwback Thursday: Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. '38
After a recent tumble through cyberspace, Flyby came across this old photograph of Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., brother of President John F. Kennedy, chilling in Winthrop's Gore courtyard. The acronym that never was, JPK graduated from Harvard in 1938 and attended Harvard Law School before enlisting in the Navy during World War II (he was later killed in action). Here, Joe keeps things classy but casual in a sport coat while reminding us that our genes will never be as good-looking as his. If you're suffering from a particularly strong case of Kennedy nostalgia, head over to Winthrop House and sit where JPK once sat. The JFK Suite is located just a few yards away, in F entryway.
Voting Has Opened for the UC Special Election!
You’ve probably heard of the upcoming special election to fill Massachusetts’ vacant Senate seat (previously occupied by John Kerry). But did you know about our very own UC special election? For students living in Adams, Cabot, Currier, Dunster, Eliot, Kirkland, Mather, Quincy, or Winthrop, there will be a special election this week to fill a total of 13 UC seats.
A Beloved Building Manager
David D. Simms Jr., who served as superintendent and building manager of Winthrop House for 38 years, was remembered for his dedication, warmth, and humor. Simms died on Dec. 28 at 65.
For 38 Years, Superintendent David Simms Made Winthrop House Feel Like Home
Over the past nearly four decades, there have been few constants in the Winthrop House community. David D. Simms Jr., Winthrop’s superintendent and building manager for 38 years, was one of them.
Winthrop House Superintendent David Simms Dies at 65
David Simms, superintendent of Winthrop House for 38 years, died at Mount Auburn Hospital after falling ill, the Winthrop House Masters wrote in an email to the House community on Saturday. He was 65.
Winthrop Welcomes Cast from 'The Wire'
Cast members and special guests of HBO’s ‘The Wire’ mixed and mingled with members of the Harvard community at a reception in the Winthrop House Tonkens Room Monday as part of Winthrop’s Perini-Woods Memorial Speaker Series.
On Saturday, They Shimmied: Scenes from Campus Nightlife
FM sends the weekend at Sigma Chi and in cages in Winthrop Dining Hall. The Harvard social scene has never felt so...classy.
One-sided Geniuses, Hitler's Strength Declines, Kennedy at Harvard
Every week, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past.
Houses Welcome Three New Resident Deans
When Emily W. Stokes-Rees first learned that she had been offered the position of resident dean at Cabot House, the museum anthropologist said that she knew her life and the lives of her family members were going to change dramatically.
Laptop Thefts Double in April
The month of April has already seen twice as many laptop thefts on campus as the previous month, an uptick driven especially by thefts from residence halls and undergraduate classroom buildings.
Winthrop Withdraws From War, Adams Loses Sole Ally
After internal rumblings of poll tampering, Winthrop withdrew today from its alliance with Adams, leaving the Plympton St. residence without allies in its war against Currier, Pfoho, Mather, and Cabot.
