Talk:Cabot House

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[edit] East House?

I was an undergrad in South/Cabot House during the name switch in 1984, and there was no East House at the time to be incorporated into Cabot -- it was all just South House. Does anyone have any more information on when/whether East House existed, and when it ceased to be? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 162.119.64.112 (talk) 16:52, 12 December 2006 (UTC).

Yes. It was in 1970 per the Cabot House website. When I was last in the Eliot Hall living room (I had my wedding reception there in 1980), it still said "East House Common Room" above the door. BreadbakerWA 10:40, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Alumni References

Can someone please explain the Umberto Eco as an alumnus reference? He was born in 1932 and got his degree from the University of Turin. I could find no reference in an online biography of him (http://www.themodernword.com/eco/eco_biography.html) to it. He did deliver Norton Lectures at Harvard and perhaps was resident of Cabot then (I have no idea), but that doesn't make him an alumnus. Jeff Sachs was also a resident there his first two years as an undergrad at Harvard, but moved to Adams House for his senior year and is considered an alumnus of that house. I know that because I remember him moving (after he'd recommended to me that I live there). BreadbakerWA 10:40, 10 February 2007 (UTC)