I had assumed that there had been a couple dozen already, but my alma mater Brandeis University will have its first-ever Olympian in Beijing next week. Its fencer Tim Morehouse, who graduated the same year as me. I never knew him, but I do remember the Justice writing about him a few times.
Anyway, I like the Alumni website's lede:
Nobel Prize winner. Yes. Pulitzer Prize recipient. Yup. Elected leader of a national government. That, too. Internationally prominent doctors, lawyers, scientists, politicians, journalists, educators, and business people. Yes, yes, and yes.While Brandeis alumni have distinguished themselves in a variety of fields since the University’s founding sixty years ago, later this month Tim Morehouse ’00 will achieve a Brandeis first – the world-ranked fencer will represent the United States at the Summer Olympic Games
Tim was my Freshman year hallmate, and he was an RA in Ziv our Junior (and senior?) years.
He's a great guy, and he has actually been to the olympics before (Athens, as an alternate).
Posted by: Dan at August 3, 2008 03:52 PMYeah, I remember Tim! I was in a few classes with him and remember playing b-ball with him in front of Sherman, LOL. I was actually on my high school fencing team with someone (the captain of our team) who went to the Athens Olympics with Tim.
Posted by: JordanNY at August 9, 2008 04:38 PM