Word: halberstam
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...original petition to change Plympton Street to Halberstam Street, Duehay wrote that “changing the street name to Halberstam would go a long way toward commemorating the high standards of journalism that David stood...
Duehay proposed naming a “park” after Halberstam instead. The park—which would be named “Halberstam Square,” should the full committee pass the proposal—is the unnamed, triangular enclosed area located on the median at the intersection of Linden and Mount Auburn Streets...
...Halberstam, a former Crimson managing editor who later won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of Vietnam, was killed in a car accident in San Francisco...
...We’re very excited that David Halberstam is still going to be honored and memorialized in Cambridge,” said Maxwell L. Child ’10, the current Crimson president. “Many generations of Crimson editors have fond memories of their time at 14 Plympton Street, and we felt to single out just one and change the name would not do justice to the hundreds of great writers that have passed through this building...
Philip M. Cronin ’53, a Crimson trustee, told Duehay that he would receive support from the trust for funding a plaque and a ceremony commemorating Halberstam and the naming of the new park...