[NU Sports] NU Names Morton Schapiro as new President

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Joe has hit on something I am aware of, through friends.  Williams is  a very 
sports-oriented place, albeit one of the finest institutions of higher  
education in the 50 States.   The elder son of my son's travel soccer  coach (I 
managed the team.), as well as one of David's teammates on the travel  team, both 
play on the Williams soccer team, and I also know a guy who was the  soccer 
goalie there 35 years ago.   I
 
I have to believe that President Schapiro will want to support the  progress 
that has been made in so many areas of our athletic program, and  hopefully he 
understands that doing well in sports, especially football, as long  as we do 
it right, only increases the profile of the University.  His  background--at 
Williams, and before that USC, augurs well (In fact, he was Dean  of the 
College of Letters, Arts and Sciences at the University of Spoiled  Children when 
we played them in Pasadena.).   And he went to college  at Hofstra (on Long 
Island, with a good sports program, especially Lacrosse) and  did his grad work 
at Penn (one of the Ivies that is actually good in  sports).
 
Besides, he didn't even have to change colors to come to NU--Williams is  
also a "Purple and White" place.:-)
 
I feel good about this hire.  I hope the initial reaction proves to be  the 
reality.
 
Paul Levinson
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