by RHH | Jan 12, 2024 | Belmont Hill, homepage
Claudine Gay, invested as the 30th President of Harvard University on July 1, 2023, was the first black and second woman to hold that post. Under criticism for her testimony in Congress about antisemitism at Harvard, followed by allegations of plagiarism in her...
by RHH | Dec 14, 2023 | Belmont Hill, homepage
Although we both were recognized as grandsons of Dr. Howe at the formal celebration of the Centennial on October 13, 2023, only my brother was present. I absented myself from any participation in that event for the reasons set forth in my email to Bev Coughlin dated...
by RHH | Aug 23, 2023 | Belmont Hill, homepage
A product of the American century, Belmont Hill was founded in the wake of the country’s emergence from the Great War as a major power. Despite almost failing as the Great Depression morphed into World War II, by war’s end the School had recovered, and in the war’s...
by RHH | Aug 9, 2023 | Belmont Hill, homepage
Eighty percent of all Russian boys born in 1923 were dead by 1945, or so states a recent article. Although without citation, it’s a reasonable figure given the former Soviet Union’s total estimated losses of 27 million in the war with Nazi Germany. Nothing in the...
by RHH | Jul 31, 2023 | Belmont Hill, homepage
Where the Belmont Hill bell stood for 91 years, there now sits a marble bench bearing the inscription: “This bench represents our clear intention to engage with ideas and symbols from our past and establish a future that reflects inclusivity and a sense of belonging...
