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Frederick K.K. Du...
...past four years Rick Du Puy has spent the first Saturday of December participating in the William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition. Du Puy knows he has no chance of winning. He knows he is one of only a handful of humanities concentrators spending six hours in the Science Center trying to solve 12 proofs. But, as he says, “Emotionally I miss math a lot. The exam is like my Peter Pan. I don’t do well but it’s a fun thing to do. It keeps math alive for me. You emerge...
...humor is only part of Du Puy’s very un-Harvard attitude. “Freshman year I thought I would be so interesting,” says Du Puy, who describes himself as shy but unconventional. “But in retrospect, I haven’t been.” This comes from a classics and music concentrator who worked on his class’ first-year musical, has performed in several shows, rings the Lowell House bells, tried out for X-Rated “on a whim” and ended up being...
...Du Puy considers Harvard, and particularly his first year, his Never Never Land, his last connection to youthful innocence and energy. “I can’t tell you how depressed I am to be a senior,” he says. He then talks for more than 15 minutes about how depressed he is to be a senior...
...Harvard University is committed to remaining preeminent in Afro-American studies,” he said. “I am delighted that Professor Gates will continue his leadership of our Department of Afro-American Studies and of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for Afro-American Research...